New Age Artists

Chapter 488 is completely different!
"The Sound of Wind" was just a trial for Jiang Wei.

He mainly serves as a tool, and only in the second play does he have room to perform.

Shen Santong talked about the reason for choosing Jiang Wei as the director: "Teacher Jiang, there is a book that says that after the success of the Great Revolution of the Qing Dynasty, the cause of the revolution disappeared."

“Is this happening to us now, especially in our film and television industry?”

"It seems that in the war of liberation, the winners are kings and the losers are bandits. It seems that the same is true for the Kuomintang and us."

"But can it be the same?"

Shen Santong chose Jiang Wei because of "The Disguiser". The director's personal opinions cannot be hidden.

There is a passage in the script where Zuo Lan died and the relic he left behind was the "Yan'an Collection of Essays".

In the play, Yu Zecheng couldn't let go of Zuo Lan's belongings for a moment. When he returned home, Cui Ping was setting the table to prepare for dinner.

Yu Zecheng sat on the sofa, flipping through the Yan'an Collection in his hand, still reading aloud.

At this time, what Yu Zecheng was reciting aloud was not the original text at all, but a "misattribution" and "change of appearance", remembering "Zhang Side" as "Zuo Lan".

"Serve the People" was written to commemorate Comrade Zhang Side. There is a sentence in the text: "Comrade Zhang Side is a comrade in our team."

Yu Zecheng read it as “Comrade Zuo Lan is a comrade in our team.”

He continued: "Comrade Zuo Lan is a comrade in our team. People always die, but the meaning of death is different. In ancient China, there was a writer named Sima Qian who said: Everyone has to die, some are heavier than Mount Tai, some are lighter than a feather. To die for the benefit of the people is heavier than Mount Tai; to work hard for fascism, to die for those who exploit and oppress the people, is lighter than a feather."

When he read the words "lighter than a feather", his voice trembled.

He continued, "Comrade Zuo Lan (emphasis on the line) died for the benefit of the people. Her death is heavier than Mount Tai."

Repeat again, "Comrade Zuo Lan (emphasis on the line) died for the benefit of the people. Her death is heavier than Mount Tai."

Cuiping squatted down beside him and looked at him with concern and worry.

Yu Zecheng tilted his head and said, "I'm fine."

From an artistic point of view, this paragraph consists of two "repetitions".

First, the entire paragraph of "Serve the People" is a repetition of the previous scene.

Second, Yu Zecheng repeated two sentences involving "Comrade Zuo Lan" internally.

The repetition of this long paragraph shows that Yu Zecheng's revolutionary convictions continued to deepen and he could never forget his beloved comrade. The repetition of these two sentences was singled out by Yu Zecheng to emphasize his constant thoughts about his beloved comrade.

It is a brilliant stroke of genius to pronounce "Comrade Zhang Side" as "Comrade Zuo Lan"!

Yu Zecheng's "repetition" and "change" here, judging from his expression, means that he was so grief-stricken that he could not control himself and even turned into "dizziness".

From a performance perspective, there is a classic artistic technique in literary works called "repeated verses and repeated chanting", which originated from the source of Chinese literature - "The Book of Songs".

What Shen Santong was amazed about was that Jiang Wei avoided the disgusting tactics that a group of people in the film and television industry have always liked to use.

It's like playing the "trolley problem" or "if someone falls into the water, should you save your mom or your wife?"

They separate faith and personal feelings, and even like to portray idealists as clowns.

How ridiculous!
This is quite a bit of judging others by one's own standards.

Because they are selfish and unable to handle the relationship between individuals and the collective, they portray idealists as either "cold machines" or "fanatics."

In fact, successful idealists have a very gentle daily life.

Knowing what you are doing means "seeing through the essence of life and still loving life." "Seeing through the darkness of human nature and still choosing to give."

Secretary Jiao is very versatile. When he was in primary school, he developed a strong interest in music. He joined the school's Western band and learned to play the military bugle. At the same time, he also practiced drums and erhu, and he was best at erhu. Jiang Wei's plot escaped this trap.

Let Yu Zecheng's ideals and personal feelings be integrated in an understandable way - personal love, a natural rise to a higher level.

It has flesh and blood, and it also raises the ideal height.

This scene was not in the original script, and Shen Santong did not include it when he read the script.

He wanted to know how this scene came about.

This scene was created jointly by Sun Honglei and Jiang Wei.

In the interview, Jiang Wei specifically talked about serving the people.

When Sun Honglei was discussing the script with him, he said that after Zuo Lan's death, some small details should be arranged to sublimate this emotion. It takes a process to sublimate emotion into faith.

As an actor, Sun Honglei has a high level of literary accomplishment and quality in scripts, and a keen sense of smell.

Adding a node for the transformation from love to faith after Zuo Lan's death is very suitable for dramatic effect.

The final result of the discussion between the two was to read a passage of text.

But there is no conclusion yet on what text to read.

At that time, they were in a hurry to print the script and send it to the actors, so director Jiang Wei just wrote a story about Yugong moving mountains and printed it first.

But I didn't plan to use the Yugong move the mountain approach from the beginning.

This additional scene was suggested by Sun Honglei, but the final decision on the article was made by the director.

Later, when the filming started on site, Jiang Wei had already selected the article, which was "Serve the People".

Shen Santong took out the script of "The Sound of Wind" and asked Jiang Wei to browse it.

Talking about the requirements for "The Sound of Wind": "I hope that the values ​​or things I want to convey can also be hidden in the movie."

“Just like Yu Zecheng in “Live”.”

"He is first and foremost a military intelligence agent. He was born in the Qingpu training class of the secret service department. His only concern is to resist the Japanese and defend the country, not to oppose the public. He is different from Li Ya, who believes in squeezing the interests of the Kuomintang."

"So, as the Anti-Japanese War moved toward victory and the Guo Party quickly became corrupt, Yu Zecheng's ideals and goals disappeared - he needed a belief to support him through the rest of his life. He originally thought that his love for Zuo Lan could sustain him, but Zuo Lan disappeared."

"At this point, he had only two choices: either follow Dai Li or fight for Zuo Lan's ideals together."

"However, the corruption among the top leaders of the Communist Party has made the former meaningless, so he can only choose the latter."

Shen Santong made clear what he opposed: "I oppose the argument that everyone is Chinese and the same."

"The KMT is also a countryman, and they also have the same sense of righteousness as countrymen. They have different standpoints and pursue realism, etc."

"There are good people in the Democratic Party, and there are also people who value friendship. This drama is really good."

"The portrayal of the Kuomintang members with flesh and blood makes the story more interesting."

"They are both good and evil, both evil and good, making it hard to tell them apart. They value loyalty over ideals and beliefs. They are all passionate young people who once made great contributions to the anti-Japanese war, only because of their different political views."

"To me, all of this is bullshit."

"The Democratic Party can say 'all they talk about is ideology but all they care about is business'. They are already human beings."

"It's more of an anthropomorphic creature, it's nothing like that at all!"

(End of this chapter)