Chapter 180: Zhang Yimou’s Choice [Please subscribe]

After Ye Ming came in, he immediately asked: "Director Zhang, you have also been invited here. Do you know what's going on?"

He wanted to confirm his thoughts, but was disappointed. Zhang Yimou glanced at Ye Ming, shook his head in confusion and said, "I really don't know this, or I was invited over just before dinner. I'm also wondering about this, or..." Wei Ping personally pulled me over, and I couldn’t figure out what was going on. Lao Fang, what kind of thing is going on, please stop pretending."

The middle-aged man surnamed Fang said with a smile: "Director Zhang, Director Ye, we are inviting two of you here today. In fact, it is also our chairman's intention. Please invite the two of you."

This time, when three people entered a room, Ye Ming's doubts were immediately solved, because what they entered was not an office or a conference room, but a small screening room. Such a thing, Ye Ming is now 90% sure why he came.

At this time, the man named Fang did not come in directly, but quietly retreated and closed the door.

In this small screening room, there are actually only three people. One is Zhang Weiping, the boss of Xinhuamian, and the other is Dong Ping, the boss of Poly Huayi. As for the third person, he had a shabby face and a small hygienic beard, and he looked like he was Japanese.

The two people didn't know what they were talking about at the moment. After seeing Zhang Yimou and Ye Ming come in, Zhang Weiping waved and said: "Just then, I said it's time for you to come, Ye Ming. Let me introduce you to this person. , it’s Dong Ping, the boss of Poly Huayi. Mr. Dong is a veteran in the industry, with a wide range of contacts and deep qualifications.”

Dong Ping laughed loudly and said: "Old Zhang, are you trying to eliminate me? I'm so senior that I'm still in trouble. Director Zhang, Director Ye, please sit down first. Today, I asked you two to come here for no other reason than that. They came for [Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin]. Both of them are people in the circle. Let me get straight to the point. It was Mr. Kadokawa who invited them here. This is Mr. Kadokawa Ritsuo of Japan, who is also involved in this movie. one of the major investors.”

Kadokawa Liyan stood up and bowed respectfully, then didn't say anything and sat there quietly, as if he had nothing to do with such a thing.

At this time, Dong Ping said: "Director Zhang, Director Ye, I'm sorry to bother you two. Let's watch the movie first before talking about anything else."

After watching more than 20 minutes of "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", Dong Ping stopped the projector. At this time, the atmosphere suddenly became a little heavy.

Zhang Yimou actually felt very uncomfortable in his heart. When he saw Gong Li above, his heart was immediately broken into countless pieces. There were some things that Zhang Yimou thought he could forget quickly, but he never thought that they would happen again. When I saw Gong Li, my heart still shattered at the slightest touch, as fragile as a candle in the wind. A candle in the wind, what is gone is the irreparable memory.

At this moment, Zhang Yimou was crying silently in his heart, but on the surface, there was no change in Zhang Yimou's face, as if he was watching a movie about someone who had nothing to do with him.

Gong Li is destined to be an indelible name in Zhang Yimou's heart. How can he be like the legend outside? Breaking up is a severance of friendship. This love is so chaotic that it can't be explained, and it's like a mist. How many people can see it clearly?

At this moment, it wasn't just that Zhang Yimou felt uncomfortable. In fact, every time he watched this movie, Dong Ping felt as if he had been stabbed one after another, bleeding.

However, what was even more uncomfortable was that at this moment, he said: "Director Zhang, you have also watched Director Ye's movie. The reason I invited you two here today is to ask you to watch it. If this movie is a new one, If it is edited, does that mean we can recover some losses? We at Poly Huayi invested 13 million for this movie, and the box office will not hide it from you two. Two million is not rich enough. , I didn’t even expect such a number. The point I asked you two to come here is to see if there is any possibility of remedying this movie?”

In fact, after Zhang Yimou saw this movie, he understood very well that he wanted to help himself. No wonder Zhang Weiping was hesitant to speak. Isn't this putting himself on the fire?

At that moment, Zhang Yimou looked at Zhang Weiping with some dissatisfaction. At this time, Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "Both Mr. Dong and I are friends. If you can help, then you should help."

At this time, Zhang Yimou said thoughtfully: "This movie, every shot, the performance of the characters, if you pull it out individually, they are all quite good, the pictures are exquisite, and the character performances are vivid, but this movie has A fatal flaw, this guy Kege, actually said that he used narrative techniques commonly used in Western movies and Western viewing habits to shoot an Eastern movie. If what I saw is correct, this movie originally used Come and compete in Berlin, Cannes, and even the Academy Awards."

When he said this, Kadokawa Ritsuyan did not hide it, he was embarrassed by this, he also admitted it, and immediately admitted: "In fact, it is also the case. I also had such an idea when I invested. , but I didn’t expect the result, alas.”

Zhang Yimou shook his head and said: "It's impossible. Even if Cameron comes, it's impossible to edit this movie into a movie that domestic audiences will like. Mr. Dong, with all due respect, this movie is hopeless."

Zhang Yimou said this directly and directly, and after he said it, he stood up very decisively and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Dong, Mr. Kadokawa, I can't help you much. I still can't help you today." There are some things that need to be taken first.”

After saying that, he left without looking back. At this time, Zhang Weiping did not expect that Zhang Yimou would do this. He immediately got up and followed him. He chased him to the hall and finally caught up with Zhang Yimou and said: "Old Zhang, this is not like your style. Don't you know how to do anything?" There's none?

Didn’t you say that you always like difficult challenges? This is a very difficult challenge. If you can re-edit this movie under such a situation and make it rejuvenated, then you can firmly suppress Chen Kaige. . This is a rare and good opportunity. "

Zhang Yimou was stunned for a moment, and then said unceremoniously: "Wei Ping, let me ask you, do you think I need this to suppress Lao Chen? I don't need this at all."

Yes, Zhang Weiping was a little dumbfounded now. Did Zhang Yimou need to use such a method?

There is no need at all. Who is Zhang Yimou? The national master, the majestic national master, does not care about this at all. If Zhang Yimou wants to suppress Chen Kaige, he can really suppress it by directly using upright means.

Zhang Weiping seemed to realize something, but did not ask. He only sighed and said nothing more, and did not continue to chase Zhang Yimou.

At this time, in the small screening room, Zhang Weiping came back and said very apologetically: "I'm sorry, you two, this matter caused trouble, and I didn't help much." Dong Ping seemed to be able to sense that there was something wrong with this matter. , it seemed that there was something else going on, and Dong Ping said at that moment: "Old Zhang, does it mean that Director Zhang really has no way to solve the problem?"

At this moment, such a question made it difficult for Zhang Weiping to answer, but Ye Ming took the question and said: "Mr. Dong, in fact, from the perspective of the movie, your choice is not wrong. Domestic production can There are really not many directors who have re-edited this movie, and Director Zhang is probably the most suitable one.

However, if you look at this issue from a humanistic perspective, it means you have failed. Director Zhang and Director Chen have a good relationship. They are not enemies like what is said outside. The circle is so big. Director Zhang will not offend Director Chen because of this. If he edits, he will really die. I offended Director Chen. The occasional tit-for-tat confrontation is nothing, but Director Zhang is probably not willing to offend Director Chen to death.

Don't tell me that Hollywood is based on profit. This is China, and China is all about human relationships. Also, there is Gong Li in this, have you forgotten this? I still thought that Director Zhang was just so stubborn that he had no emotions at all.

Based on these two points, Director Zhang will never help. There is nothing to say about this. "

After hearing Ye Ming's explanation, Dong Ping suddenly realized that he was too impatient emotionally because of this movie, and caring about it would make him confused. He didn't expect this, but the loss of more than 10 million, this matter, would change. Everyone will be nervous. At that moment, Dong Ping said: "Director Ye, are you saying that this movie can still be re-edited, but is it because of Director Zhang's personal reasons that it can't be edited?"

Ye Ming immediately waved his hand and said: "No, what Director Zhang said is not wrong. This movie, to be honest, is quite a tragedy. It was made using Western techniques and Western movie-watching habits." Oriental historical stories are definitely looking for death. No matter how you edit them, they will not be saved in China. In fact, Director Zhang only left after seeing this problem."

At this time, Dong Ping was a little speechless. There was no way to save him. At least if you looked at it this way, there was really no way to save him.

At this moment, Kadokawa Riyan suddenly interjected: "Director Ye and Director Zhang both said a question. There is no possibility of saving the film within China. So if it is said abroad, does that mean there is some salvation? Hope?" (To be continued)