Movie tycoon

Chapter 725 The Great Director

Speaking of movies, they can never be separated from politics.

Just like this time, there was nothing wrong with it, but it had to be dragged into the competition between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.

Chen Xiaotang was unwilling to choose, but he had to choose, so in the end he could only choose what a filmmaker should do.

As he replied, "I just did what I thought was right."

Faced with his answer, Lao Ma and the others, who knew the rules of Hollywood well, were silent for a moment and remained silent.

In the end, the bearded Lucas beside Chen Xiaotang broke the silence and said, "Ahem, by the way, let's talk about some interesting things... Lafite wants to start a new film in the future, Speer, do you have any?" Interested in mirroring?!"

"What, are you looking for me to be the director?" Spielberg, who had been listening to everyone's conversation, was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I never thought you would be a lobbyist, old Lu. Tell me, what play?"

Chen Xiaotang didn't expect Spielberg to be so easy to talk, so he glanced at Lucas and indicated that he should let him talk.

Lucas understood, and said with a smile: "Lafite is going to shoot one of their ancient kings. It is a big production, especially the battle scenes will be grand. Are you interested?" Lucas deeply understands Spielberg's temper, no? The big cast doesn't do it, it's not that they don't shoot big scenes.

Sure enough, after listening to Spielberg, he smiled and said, "Can I ask who this ancient king is?"

"Qin Shihuang!" Lucas said, "China's first feudal emperor!"

The words "Qin Shihuang" are absolutely shocking.Just like Julius Caesar in ancient Rome, anyone who has studied a little world history knows his existence.

Although the Qin Dynasty lasted only 15 years, the ruling model established by Qin Shihuang has continued.Qin Shihuang was the main designer of China's centralized feudal monarchy for more than 2000 years, and his influence was far and wide, unmatched by any other emperor.In the history of the world, there are still many emperors who created a huge empire, but their actual influence cannot be compared with that of Qin Shihuang.

In the West, people often compare Qin Shihuang with Napoleon and Caesar.Generally speaking, the population and area of ​​the Roman Empire and the Qin Dynasty were not much different.But it was shorter than the Roman Empire. After Caesar died, the empire fell apart.This is not the case with the Qin Dynasty, which is the reason why Qin Shihuang had a unique influence.Therefore, in any list of outstanding emperors in the world, Qin Shihuang is almost always ranked at or near the highest position.

As an excellent director, Spielberg has always attached great importance to history, so when Lucas said the three words "Qin Shihuang", he felt a slight movement in his heart, and then nodded, neither accepting nor accepting it. Did not say no to accept, just said: "very attractive."

Lucas smiled. He knew the temperament of this old friend best. Since he said he was attractive, the matter was half done.

"Dear Chen, you should come up with the next idea!" Lucas handed the topic to Chen Xiaotang.

Chen Xiaotang understood what he meant, and said, "Actually, my idea is like this..."

Next, Chen Xiaotang confidently explained his conception of the play "Qin Shi Huang" in detail.

The king of Qin sweeps Liuhe, and the tiger sees He Xiongzai!Swinging the sword to break the floating clouds, all the princes came to the west.

A clear judgment comes from the apocalypse, and it is easy to drive a group of talents.Withdrawing troops to cast gold, Hangu is heading east...

In Chen Xiaotang's view, as the first feudal emperor in ancient China, Qin Shihuang is the most legendary and story-telling.Not to mention his inexplicable mystery of his life experience, but his great achievements in destroying the six kingdoms and achieving greatness and hegemony are enough to make people admire.

Chen Xiaotang himself liked Qin Shihuang very much. In his opinion, Qin Shihuang was an outstanding figure in the Chinese feudal ruling class.To say that Qin Shihuang was an outstanding figure in the feudal ruling class of China is not because he was the founder of a dynasty, but because he unconsciously conformed to the trend of Chinese historical development and acted as the vanguard of China's emerging landlord class. In Chinese history, feudal lordship was eliminated, and a new historical era of centralized feudal absolutism was created.

Of course, the biggest sin of Qin Shihuang's people talking about him is "burning books and burying scholars".

In fact, the great writer Lu Xun believed that once the Hitlers in Germany burned books, the commentators in China and Japan were compared to Qin Shihuang.Qin Shihuang was really wronged. His disadvantage was that he died in the second generation, and a group of helpers all spoke ill of him for the new master.Yes, Qin Shihuang once burned books, and the purpose of burning books was to unify his thinking.But he did not burn agricultural and medical books; he recruited many "Ke Qing" from other countries, and did not focus on "Qin's thoughts", but collected various thoughts... But the results are often different from the calculations of the heroes .The first emperor wanted the emperor to pass on to all generations, but he died in the second generation. He pardoned agricultural books and medical books, but now there is not a single book of this type before the Qin Dynasty.

Chen Xiaotang's love and admiration for Qin Shihuang comes from many Hong Kong film and television works, such as Hong Kong ATV Liu Yong's version of "Qin Shihuang". This drama is Chen Xiaotang's most watched and favorite TV series.

In Chen Xiaotang's view, this drama portrays the character "Qin Shihuang" vividly and full of domineering.

Especially Liu Yong, who is the leading actor, with his appearance and figure, as well as that kind of imperial temperament, played this role very well.

And Chen Xiaotang still remembers the domineering theme song:
The earth is under my feet, and the national plan is in my hands, who dares to talk more!
Who are the six countries that will be razed, which one will rule the hegemony, and who will have a higher record than the lonely family?
High above, please take a look, my country is beautiful and picturesque.

Climbing the mountain and stepping on the fog, pointing at the sky, laughing and cursing, who else can praise me!
Qin is the beginning, people are here, and they have taken away the elegance of the world;

Inscribed on the stubborn stone, keep the history, and tell how I was the master...

Unable to bear it, Chen Xiaotang hummed this song while telling Spielberg and others the story of his Qin Shihuang movie.

Although Spielberg and others could not understand the Cantonese sung by Chen Xiaotang, the domineering melody and rhythm of the song made them throb in their hearts.

It's like a person who doesn't understand English suddenly feels hot and wants to dance after listening to disco. The song "The Earth Is Me" hummed by Chen Xiaotang also has such charm.

This is called "mind communication" in the field of art.

Most people who are also artistically gifted are able to overcome barriers such as language in a certain aspect, so as to reach a consensus in a certain aspect, such as this moment.

After listening to Chen Xiaotang's narration, everyone's first impression was that it was very story-telling!
Yes, this drama definitely has a story!
And the soul of a movie is not how deep its connotation is, nor what kind of emotions it inspires, what kind of society it flogs, but its storytelling!
Don't forget that the essence of movies is to entertain everyone, and people's biggest pursuit when watching movies is to achieve a state of physical and mental pleasure.Instead of looking for self-abuse, looking for anger, watching some tearful or angry movies.It's not about wasting time watching some movies where you can't find the north, can't figure out the clue, and don't know what they are talking about after watching the end.

A good story can make a good movie, such as the previous "Infernal Affairs", "Inception", and the future "Spider-Man" series.

It can be said that a good director must be a person who is good at telling stories, and conversely, a person who is good at telling stories is not necessarily a good director.

The first sentence can be interpreted by Quentin Tarantino, a Hollywood bad boy director. This excellent director who was born as a videotape rental agent can tell stories very well after watching a lot, and the stories he tells are unique, such as " Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds, etc.There is no doubt that Quentin is a genius.And the so-called "ghost" means "the ghost knows what he is thinking".

The second sentence can be used on the director Sun who filmed "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" in the future. The gentleman tells a good story, and Hua Tsai and others are stunned for a while. The screenwriting skills are also good, at least he wrote The story script that comes out is very seductive.But making up a story and making a story are two different things. At least after the filming of "Fu Chun", everyone understood this truth. There are no bad movies, only worse ones!
Among the many directors here at the moment, Lucas, Spielberg, and Martin Sixes are almost all masters of the field, and their editing and directing skills are incomparable.Therefore, when Chen Xiaotang was telling the story, each of them had roughly "walked" the "Qin Shihuang" with the camera in their minds.

When Chen Xiaotang finished telling the "story", everyone just announced in their minds that the machine was stuck.

"That's a good story!" Lucas thought.

"It's a good movie!" said old Martin Sixes.

"This is a great opportunity!" Spielberg said.

……

So when Chen Xiaotang asked for Spielberg's opinion again, the guy slapped his thigh and said, "Dude, I made this movie!"

1987 8 Month 13 Day.

On this day, all eyes are on.People from all walks of life in the United States pay more attention to this day than to the screening of "Superman: Man of Steel" on the [-]th.

Because they know that "Superman: Man of Steel" was previously declared illegal by the Los Angeles Broadcasting Bureau under the control of the Democratic Party. It depends on how the Radio, Film and Television Bureau expresses its position.

The attitude of the Los Angeles Radio and Television Bureau is obviously of great significance to the development of Moying Entertainment and the development of Hollywood movies as a whole.

On this day, the eyes of all Americans are fixed on one place, and this place is the Los Angeles Times.As the mouthpiece of the U.S. Democratic Party, as their position of public opinion, the Los Angeles Radio and Television Bureau releases all news through this newspaper. See what this issue of the Los Angeles Times has to say.

But let everyone feel disappointed.For some reason, the "Los Angeles Times" on this day didn't mention the screening of "Superman: Man of Steel" and the reaction of the Radio, Film and Television Bureau after the screening.

As a result, people are a little confused.Previously, the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television seemed to be so tough on the issue of the screening of "Superman: Man of Steel", but now it has become silent after the screening. This style is definitely not like the style of the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television, nor is it like Head John. Smith's style.

But such a thing has indeed happened, and it is right in front of us.

The Los Angeles Radio and Television Bureau used such a form to create a riddle for everyone.If you want to solve this riddle, it is not an easy task.

But the fact that the "Los Angeles Times" did not report this matter does not mean that other media outlets did not report it. On the contrary, other media in the United States are almost crazy about this matter.

"New York Times".As the representative newspapers of the Republican Party, although they are very cautious about this issue, they still express their own views. Obviously, this view is clearly protecting the interests of the Republican Party and thinking about the issue from their perspective.

""Superman: Man of Steel" was screened last night. Under great pressure, under the threat of the Los Angeles Radio and Television Bureau, and with the support of key government officials headed by Mayor Powell, the film was released. And it’s on time.”

"Last night, at Fox No. [-] Cinema, there was an unprecedented screening with thousands of people. Compared with the previous screenings, this time there are many features. It doesn't say that the number of people is large, nor the scale. We feel that One of the things that has to be said, and what we in the Democratic Party have to pay attention to, is the sentiment of the audience."

"The film premieres of Chinese actor Lafite Chen are always exciting. It can be said that this has become their symbol. This can be seen in the previous films released in major movie theaters. Every time , when Lafite Chen, an action superstar from the East, and a talented actor's film was shown in theaters, the public's emotions were high, excited, happy, and happy. This is not surprising, because Watching Lafite Chen's movie is indeed a kind of spiritual enjoyment, and anyone who has watched it can understand it."

"But last night, if you were outside the Fox One theater and you were standing among the thousands of people watching the movie, what you would feel would not be happiness and joy, but anger!"

"Yes! We're right! It's anger! Real anger!"

"Before the film was screened, there were many rioters among the audience. Although these rioters were quickly suppressed, the public's anger has accumulated since then. From the perspective of the subject matter, " Superman: Man of Steel is a sci-fi film that does not involve any sensitive issues, and is far from our real life, but anyone who watched the film last night can appreciate that the theme of this film is not Simple Superman saves the world, and as star Rafi Chan himself says, this movie is about hope."

""Superman: Man of Steel" has become magical under the interpretation of Rafi Chen. Only through one movie, Moying Entertainment Film Company has won the support of everyone, and let these supporters unite together, keep going!"

"The audience felt anger from this movie. This anger is obviously determined by the various things the Republican Party has done in the past few years, especially the incidents provoked by the Los Angeles Radio and Television Bureau in the recent period. We must remind some People, you want to win votes and public support by cracking down on a movie. Your ridiculous behavior is so wrong! Because the eyes of the people are discerning! Everyone knows what is racial discrimination, what is power oppression, what is What is justice, what is morality!"

The article in the "New York Times" does not have a lot of content, but it is very profound and in place.As the latter of the Republican Party, they were able to calmly see this issue and analyze and put forward their own views, obviously after careful consideration.

I really don't know what kind of mood John Smith will feel when he sees such a report.

The newspaper "Washington Post", which supports the Republican Party, also conducted a lengthy analysis on this matter. Their analysis angle is obviously different from that of "New York Times", and their argument is basically completely opposite to that of "New York Times".

"The release of "Superman: Man of Steel" is a blessing for the whole of Hollywood. When the film was screened in the Fox First Theater, the cheers of the people went straight to the sky. At that time, many viewers said that such a science fiction film That’s the real big movie.”

"The theme of this drama is hope, and the superman played by Rafi Chen, although the skin color is different from the superman we are familiar with in the past, but in terms of spirit, they are the same, that is, it is duty-bound to save the world and give help to those in need. man, with everlasting hope, hope is like a flame, and the flame never goes out, and hope never stops."

"The lead actor, Lafite Chen, used this movie to successfully demonstrate the dignity of Magic Shadow Entertainment, showing the indomitable Chinese actors. More importantly, through this movie, whether it is Hollywood filmmakers or ordinary people, they all have a deep understanding of the magic. Film and entertainment, the plight of Chinese actors is empathetic, so naturally they don't have any good feelings for organizations like the Los Angeles Radio, Film and Television Bureau."

""Superman: Man of Steel" is a great movie. The artistry of the movie itself is unparalleled, but despite the artistry, this movie has a strong appeal, and this powerful appeal makes people After experiencing the state of mind of Moying Entertainment, I was able to stand on the same front as Moying Entertainment."

It has to be said that the freedom of public opinion in the United States is extremely lethal. These two newspapers alone make the Los Angeles Broadcasting Bureau somewhat at a loss.

What's more, the "racial discrimination interview" staged by major newspapers in Britain, France, etc. directly pushed John Smith and others into the fire for barbecue.

It was under this embarrassing public opinion that the Radio, Film and Television Bureau had to make an appropriate response, issuing a statement to apologize, everything before was a misunderstanding, and the Radio, Film and Television Bureau did not stop the release of "Superman: Man of Steel". It's just a little suggestion, that's all, the big guys don't need to make such a big disturbance again.

Typical "big things turned into small things, small things turned into small things"!
Not to mention, the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television's "advance through retreat" is really effective, at least some people have accepted their Chen Ken's apology.

As for Chen Xiaotang's fans and movie fans, they are all busy supporting his movies now, so they don't have time to spend time with this radio, film and television bureau. Therefore, John Smith and others are relieved.Sigh, mother's head!
(End of this chapter)