New Age Artists

Chapter 478 Harvey toasts, Chen Kaige's thoughts (23)

Shen Santong didn't expect that Tang Yan got pregnant first.

Gao Yuanyuan has been trying to get pregnant for a long time, but she still hasn't gotten pregnant.

Tang Yan saw him carrying a bag: "What are you holding?"

Shen Santong said: "Chen Kaige's new film "Mei Lanfang"."

Tang Yan became interested when she heard it: "I want to see it."

Shen Santong advised: "It's late, let's see tomorrow."

Tang Yan lost her temper: "I want to watch it now. You didn't care about me before, but now you care about me, right? Hurry up and show me the movie!"

Shen Santong: "You weren't like this before. If you have something to say, just talk it over nicely. Why are you getting so angry?"

A movie was shown.

After watching the beginning, Shen Santong felt that it was not much different from his previous life.

Li Ming plays Mei Lanfang, Chen Hong plays Mei Lanfang's wife, Zhang Ziyi plays Meng Xiaodong, and Sun Honglei plays Qiu Rubai.

Tang Yan watched Chen Hong's performance and said, "I feel like her acting skills have deteriorated?"

Indeed, Chen Hong's acting skills have obviously declined. Shen Sandong said: "She has transformed into a producer and no longer an actor."

Tang Yan said, "I'm also a producer. Come to think of it, we're still working together to build our careers! I'll be your producer from now on."

Shen Santong: “.”

When did we start working together to build a career? You are just talking nonsense and tampering with history, right?

Shen Santong praised: "Sun Honglei's Qiu Rubai's acting is really good."

Tang Yan rolled her eyes and objected: "I don't like him. He said the actresses have poor quality. Are the actresses relying on him?"

Shen Santong commented: "Sun Honglei is basically hilarious when he plays with a group of veteran actors. Qiu Rubai in "Mei Lanfang" and Yu Zecheng in "The Hidden" both performed very well."

Tang Yan didn't like him talking to himself, so she brought the topic back to the topic: "Come to think of it, isn't it you men's fault that actresses hang out with rich men and sleep with directors?"

Shen Santong immediately drew a line: "The circle has been polluted by a group of bad apples."

Tang Yan: "The Hidden is going to be broadcast on Beijing TV, right? My senior sister Yang Yu, her luck has turned around."

Shen Santong said: "We simply have too many good actors. You see, Leon Lai's acting skills are obviously not as good as Yu Shaoqun who played the young Mei Lanfang."

"Yu Shaoqun is not a professional actor, but he has performed Han opera for many years and studied under famous artists, so he looks different."

"We have a very deep foundation. We have three major schools, various troupes, and theaters. If you pick one of us, he is better than the so-called Four Heavenly Kings. There is no comparison in basic skills."

“There are many good actors, and there are many who are getting stronger and stronger, but they just lack an opportunity.”

Tang Yan felt helpless and changed her perspective: "Why didn't Meng Xiaodong wear underwear when she first met Mei Lanfang? What did Director Chen want to express?"

Shen Santong didn't know either: "He always has a lot of ideas, who knows? It may be related to the trend at the time, or it may be that the producer wanted to hype Zhang Ziyi for not wearing underwear for the sake of box office."

Zhang Ziyi still went to Hollywood and was still engaged to a white man.

He doesn't listen to my advice, so I can only bear it myself.

Tang Yan said: "Nine out of ten times, Chen Kai thinks Meng Xiaodong is an actress and thinks she is promiscuous, so he looks down on her in his heart."

Shen Santong reminded: "Chen Hong is also an actor."

Tang Yan hinted: "Chen Kai married Chen Hong, he is still quite manly, I don't want to believe what the rumors say."

The movie was released when Mei Lanfang went to the United States.

Shen Santong was amused: "This plot is so interesting."

"Ow!"

Shen Santong felt like he was elbowed and was confused: "Why did you hit me?"

Tang Yan was so angry that her teeth were itching. Are you pretending not to understand?

She also pretended to be embarrassed: "I was careless. By the way, I don't think there is anything funny in this plot?"

Shen Santong explained while watching the movie: "It doesn't match history."

"Although Mei Lanfang did run the risk of bankruptcy, historically, Feng Gengguang, as the president of the bank, made great efforts to help Mei Lanfang with the funding for his trip to the United States."

"The total amount of planning expenses by Mei's party and Mei himself was about 15."

“It’s not the economic crisis that Mei Lanfang shouldered single-handedly in the movie.”

"There were many twists and turns before and after this trip to the United States, but Mei Lanfang thought about it over and over again, but overall he was very determined to go to the United States."

"The words 'the news has been published in the newspapers, it would be bad if I didn't go' were not said by Qi Rushan, but by Mei Lanfang himself."

"He is not the character in the movie who was repeatedly forced by Qiu Rubai and hesitated for a long time." "The plot in the movie where the New York Times critic criticized the film is unlikely to be true. It is most likely fictional."

"There were also performances. On February 1930, 2, Mei Lanfang made his debut at the 16nd Street Theater in New York, the first stop of his performance in the United States. The repertoire that night included "Fenhe Bay", "Sword Dance", "Stabbing the Tiger", etc."

"During the entire performance in the United States, "Fenhe Bay", "The Drunken Concubine", "Farewell My Concubine", "Fishing and Killing the Family" and "Stabbing the Tiger" are the highlights."

"In addition, the Mei Party planned to have Pomona College and the University of Southern California confer honorary doctorates in literature on Mei Lanfang."

"The purpose was actually because actors had a low status in China, and many people were often worried about their status when interacting with Mei Lanfang. Giving Mei the title of "Doctor" would at least avoid this embarrassment in terms of address."

"This is one of Mei Lanfang's indirect ways to elevate the status of actors, and it is not mentioned in the film."

Tang Yan found this very new, as she didn't know a lot of it: "Do you know a lot about Mei Lanfang's life?"

Shen Santong said: "I am researching how to make a biographical film."

Tang Yan asked: "Why are you smiling so happily?"

Shen Sandong said: "I think I have captured Chen Kaige's inner thoughts."

Tang Yan motioned for him to speak quickly.

Shen Santong: "In addition to the plots mentioned above, the most interesting part of the movie's performance in the United States is that after going to the United States, on the eve of the premiere night, the New York Times drama critic predicted the future of Mei's performance, and the first play performed after the performance was "Rainbow Pass."

"I started my trip to the United States as a female warrior of the Dongfang clan."

He glanced at Tang Yan and asked, "Do you know what "Rainbow Pass" is about?"

Tang Yan's eyes were pure: "This play is not well-known. I know the Fenhewan you mentioned."

Shen Santong said: "The play 'Rainbow Pass' is an old play that Mei Lanfang has innovated. It is not as good as the famous plays in history."

"The plot of "Hongni Pass" is: Wagang Army general Qin Qiong attacked Hongni Pass, and the defending general Xin Wenli went to fight, but was shot dead by Xie Yingdeng."

"Xin's wife, Lady Dongfang, avenged her husband and captured Wang Bodang on the battlefield."

"Because she was admired for her handsomeness, she asked her maid to be a lobbyist, and she surrendered to Wagangzhai and remarried Wang Bodang."

"In the bridal chamber, the king accused Dongfang of not avenging her husband and killed her. This play is also known as "Madam Dongfang."

The plot of this movie in my previous life was similar to this.

As a fellow director, Shen Santong could sense Chen Kaige's struggle and asked Tang Yan, "Do you know where the fun is?"

Tang Yan asked him not to keep her in suspense: "Where?"

Shen Santong said: "Chen Kai's thoughts are changing. Before, his sons were all born in the United States."

"Sitting in a stretched Lincoln, I feel like I am a superior person from now on. I used to not mind going to the United States."

"But watching the movie, he was not determined and enthusiastic about going to the United States, but rather repulsive. He had to rely on newspapers and the pressure from people around him to make up his mind to go."

"The opening scene of a female warrior is like going to the United States to perform a sword-wielding horse on horseback, showing the sword first. It is like going into a dragon's den, not a pilgrimage."

"Chen Kaige has not forgotten The Promise by presenting this plot of the performance in the United States."

"The Promise" was met with negative reviews when it was released in Europe. It was also negatively reviewed in the United States at the beginning. It took a complicated struggle to change the situation."

"Mrs. Dongfang has her own shadow. Wang Bodang is the equivalent of the United States or the West. He once admired her very much, and then he found out that she turned around and killed him with a knife."

"He is a man like you, but he is more important than the sky."

"It's impossible to forget it."

Tang Yan thought about it and it was true. She felt quite enlightened and amused: "You are so petty, you can always insult Director Chen, right?"

"The situation in "The Promise" was not caused by his pettiness. He almost lost his reputation."

Shen Santong continued watching and found a plot in the movie that had never happened in his previous life, which made him burst out laughing.

After Mei Lanfang's performance as a female warrior, Americans saluted.

Afterwards, the performance ended, and a scene of the fat American man toasting was added.

That fat guy looks a bit like Harvey Weinstein.

Shen Santong guessed that it was because of his intervention that Brother Kaizi at least saved some face in this life.

Tang Yan was puzzled: "What's so funny?"

Shen Santong explained the consequences of the preface: "Director Chen is adding drama to himself."

Tang Yan: "Really? I don't believe it. Are you overthinking it?"

Shen Santong affirmed: "Movies are like this, full of the creators' personal opinions."

"Mei Lanfang is naturally full of Chen Kaige's personal opinions. The more emotional and tangled the parts are, the more they are related to what he cares about most."

(End of this chapter)