New Age Artists

Chapter 512: "Ranger" Jiang Wen, Interaction with the Reviewer (-word super chapter!)
If you do writing work or artistic creation for a long time without any contact with society, it is easy to slip into nothingness.

Serious things turned into text symbols and were arranged and combined in one's own hands.

Not only can he not take responsibility, but he also wants to lead the trend and use literature to whitewash himself. In fact, he has a wolfish ambition.

The script of "Let the Bullets Fly" in Shen Santong's hand is a one-man show by Jiang Wen. Many details are missing, and he will not change the details.

If too many details are changed, "Let the Bullets Fly" will lose its flavor.

The reason why "Let the Bullets Fly" has a strong metaphorical feeling is because the main creators, led by Jiang Wen, put in their own personal opinions.

I got excited.

In addition, Jiang Wen is at a low point in his career and cannot do whatever he wants, which makes the story line easy to understand.

Therefore, the essence of "Let the Bullets Fly" lies in the spirit and energy invested by the main creators such as Jiang Wen.

Shen Santong just wanted to change the ending: "Look at this ending. Zhang Muzhi is riding on a horse, watching the horse-drawn train passing by."

"Sister Hua's voice came from the carriage. She asked: Lao San, are you going to Shanghai or Pudong?"

"The third brother replied, Shanghai is Pudong, and Pudong is Shanghai."

"The horse-drawn train turned right. Zhang Muzhi followed on horseback."

"Brother, this ending is not good. It's really not good."

Jiang Wen did not give in to this and he looked down on Shen Santong in this regard.

Shen Santong didn't even understand his metaphors.

But after all, he was the sponsor and the organizer, so Jiang Wen held his temper and asked, "What's wrong with that?"

Shen Santong said: "Before going to Pudong, there was already a 43 plan to complete the light industry. It was Zhang Muzhi's decision to go to Pudong, not Lao San."

“The two are inseparable.”

Jiang Wen's expression changed slightly, he was a little surprised and a little panicked.

The buttons and hidden things that he and the main creators were so proud of were easily seen through by Shen Santong.

Shen Santong said: "This ending is too vulgar."

Jiang Wen was unhappy: "Why is it vulgar?"

Jiang Wen is confident that no one in the circle can come up with this ending, or this play!
Absolutely not bad!

Shen Santong smiled slightly: "Too much following the tone of some forces."

"There are two approaches now. One is that it is closed before going to Pudong, and the other is that after going to Pudong, it is opposed to being in Goose City."

"Probably since the turn of the millennium, almost all of our intellectuals have been spreading the idea that when the door was opened in the 1980s, our intellectual elites saw the prosperity outside and collapsed."

"In fact, official newspapers from 69 to 76, including those of Germany, the United States, Britain, and almost all other Western countries, have held exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen."

"High-rise buildings, advanced industry, agriculture, etc., everything is available. We have seen it all, and it has not collapsed."

"Journalists from these countries, including those from the church, have also visited rural areas in the northwest, Hebei, and Henan."

“We also continue to send people from the cultural and scientific circles to Europe and the United States for performances and academic exchanges.”

"In fact, we have been sending students to these countries to study since the 50s. We want to learn from the first-mover experience, while Western countries are salivating over the blank market that accounts for a quarter of the human population."

“We have been communicating.”

"The movie 405 Murder Case is set before the reform and opening up. The final fight scene takes place in a bar in Shanghai, with all kinds of foreign liquor on the counter."

"In the 1980s, we provided compulsory education, built highways, and also built power infrastructure. The planning was not temporary."

"These are all long-term plans. The high-speed rail that opened last year was studied a long time ago."

"Our development is consistent and continual."

"Your ending is disconnected, conforming to some forces that create this kind of public opinion, without any opinions of your own, so I say it's very vulgar."

It must be acknowledged that memories can be modified.

Shen Santong also looked up information himself and corrected the misled ideas in his previous life.

The media and intellectual circles of the University of Tokyo always divide the two times.

Shen Santong could probably guess who came up with it. It was planned by the United States, and Wandao made a fuss, and then captured the people here.

Worshiping the West is Wandao’s idea.

From the beginning of scrapping the Kuomintang, the way of thinking has been consistent ever since: "Neon lights, champagne, noble American friends."

Bend is the dregs of the Chinese nation. Whoever gives you milk is your mother, and you don’t care where the milk comes from.

The mainland is not.

It is possible to make mainland Chinese people envy life in the United States, but it is impossible to make them fearful.

Because we lost on the battlefield.

This is the ideological stamp that victory brings.

Jiang Wen disagreed with Shen Santong's statement and refuted it.

I said something that could only be said in private.

Shen Santong shook his head and said, "Everything has to be based on reality."

"Your Zhang Muzhi may seem mighty and domineering, but he is actually static and passive, not active. This is not what you are implying at all."

"Zhang Muzhi, no matter how high or low you go, no matter what your situation is, you always maintain your will to fight. Your movie is just the Zhang Mazi in the rumors."

"More like Che Guevara. After we leave, they will build schools and hospitals for you and raise your wages. This is not because they have a change of heart or because they have become good people, but because we have been here."

"The question is why do you want to leave?"

"Can't you stay?"

"Can't 'we' build schools and hospitals to solve the material problems step by step?"

"The real Zhang Muzhi stayed, and not only stayed, but also took root, achieved victory, built hospitals and schools, and developed industry."

"In this play, Zhang Muzhi is a Che Guevara-like character. He defeated Mr. Huang's team and got some benefits, then he disbanded and ran away. Then Mr. Li and Mr. Zhao in Echeng didn't care about it anymore. They didn't care what to do with the common people after they were tormented. It was a story without a beginning or an end."

"He's just a knight after all."

Shen Santong thinks that at least we should respect reality: "Many people who were born in the 20s and 30s and experienced the turbulent times are still alive today."

“If you ask people in their 40s and 50s what they think about their current lives, many will say that their ultimate ideal has been achieved.”

"The original propaganda about upstairs and downstairs, electricity and telephones, now most of the villages have electricity, except for the remote and backward ones, and there are more two-story houses."

"These are serious, real lives, the lives of millions of people."

"We cannot turn a blind eye to these achievements and rudely deny them."

Speaking of reality, Jiang Wen was no longer sleepy and uttered two words: "Reconcile."

Teach Shen Santong a lesson: "You are too naive and have unrealistic fantasies."

As a child of a wealthy family, Jiang Wen has more channels than Shen Santong, and he can talk endlessly about all kinds of bizarre and strange things.

Shen Santong looked solemn.

What Jiang Wen said was shocking.

If it were someone else, the spirit and the path would be shattered.

Fortunately, Shen Santong knew that in later generations, many problems were solved.

"So I just think the ending is inappropriate, and I don't object to the overall tone of your play."

“But after 49 years, we have been getting better and better every year. This is the general trend.”

“There are problems, but they cannot change the overall trend.”

“The problems we have now are only minor problems compared to the past.”

"In the past, productivity was underdeveloped, and even a skilled cook could not cook without rice."

"There was no material supply, really no supply. Now that material supply is gradually increasing, the distribution has not kept up."

"They fell behind. It's like advancing into the Dabie Mountains. Zhongye has put all his resources on the line. There must be people who don't understand and are desperate, and even run away."

Jiang Wen sarcastically said, "You are more conscious, but I am the director, and this is my movie."

Shen Santong was a little disappointed.

He said there is no filter, but actually there is a filter.

It is mainly due to various interpretations of "Let the Bullets Fly" in later generations that the term "let learn" appeared.

Some people who claim to be elites do not want to embrace life because their sense of eliteness cannot be satisfied by reality, and they spend their energy on reminiscing about the past. College students also have this energy.

Shen Santong has watched a lot of videos, and after watching so many, it is inevitable that he will be affected.

I view Jiang Wen through the filter of "Zhang Muzhi".

In fact, it is just cosplay, role-playing. Jiang Wen is a living person, an elite figure.

In the era when he lived, many people were not rich in material terms, but that doesn’t mean he was not rich in material terms.

At most, it was not as colorful as it is now, but as for fun and things to use, even now in 09, some small towns probably did not have as much fun as Jiang Wen did thirty years ago.

What’s more, the games we play are things that others cannot play, which makes us richer spiritually than materially.

Shen Santong figured it out, even if the Wisconsin Golden Lion Award was decided by Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou is very likely to give it to Li An as well.

Shen Santong didn't say anything else like there is no savior in the world and happiness depends on our own creation.

Jiang Wen is an elitist, these words are not convincing, he has his own world view.

From the movie, you can see Jiang Wen’s true thoughts: they will follow whoever wins.

Even if this statement alludes to reality, it cannot be said this way.

Those were the people Zhang Mazi mobilized himself, but they scoffed at the power they had gained, which was not in line with realistic logic.

Shen Santong had some enlightenment.

The denials before and after the clamor are one thing, having external push is one thing, but there are also followers within.

Many "unsuccessful" people tend to blame others indirectly or even directly rebel.

Being "unsuccessful" does not mean that life is bad. On the contrary, life is better than most people.

It's just that their wishful requests cannot be met, or have declined compared to their past glory.

Some are depressed, some are resentful, and some are hateful.

Zhou Yun knocked on the door and came in. She heard the quarrel and said gently, "The dumplings are ready. You two grown men should stop fighting."

The dinner table.

Shen Santong ate the three-fresh dumplings, dipped them in vinegar, and praised Zhou Yun's cooking skills.

After chatting about some family matters, the topic returned to movies.

The purpose of today's family dinner is to clarify some interests of "Let the Bullets Fly". The initiator of this project is Shen Santong, who also holds the adaptation rights.

Shen Santong directly talked about the benefits: "If you don't change this ending, your future plays will also be affected."

Jiang Wen became interested: "Go ahead."

Shen Santong: "Our audit is result-oriented."

“Someone has to take responsibility and respond when something goes wrong.”

"After this movie is made, all future movies of this type will be scrutinized for all kinds of details."

It can be said that most practitioners are doing fraudulent audits.

The problem is obvious. It does not reach the line of censorship, and there is no censorship that restricts creation.

The scale can also be opened.

But a healthy interaction is needed.

Film and television works must assume public responsibility. To put it bluntly, if no adverse consequences are caused after they are broadcast, the relevant standards will be expanded.

If the word of mouth is good, this scale will be completely opened.

On the contrary, if it causes adverse consequences after the broadcast, the scale will be narrowed or even eliminated.

"Lust, Caution" is a negative example. The censors gave it a free pass and gave Li An full trust, allowing him to edit the film himself.

Then Li An made a big move.

From then on, the relevant departments took a one-size-fits-all approach to passionate scenes and the hype of passionate scenes. Only big directors like Zhang Yimou, or people with connections like Lu Chuan, could get a break.

A monster without a background will only die.

Jiang Wen let out a howl.

Zhou Yun asked: "Are you okay?"

"I bit my tongue, it's so delicious. These dumplings are so fresh!" Jiang Wen transformed into He Jiong.

Jiang Wen was distracted.

Unexpectedly, Shen Santong even guessed his thoughts, which was a sneak attack.

He defended himself by saying, "All the content is in the script. We won't shoot anything messy."

Shen Santong smiled and said nothing more: "Just think it through yourself."

If the ending of "Let the Bullets Fly" is changed to not use the past to negate the present, the scale of related themes will be more relaxed in the future.

Jiang Wen also has advantages, as it will relax the standards of his films.

Shen Santong himself has experience in this area. His films can generate good interactions, and the filming locations are beautifully shot, and are not deconstructionist in nature.

Before his whole shitty life, his movies enjoyed a certain special treatment.

However, given the current stance and quality of domestic practitioners, interactions are often not benign but confrontational in nature.

The "liberal" style is rampant, but it is not true freedom, but selfishness. I don't care what happens after I die.

Eating crabs first will bring benefits.

"Let the Bullets Fly" really enjoys playing with metaphors and allusions. It reaped the benefits of the first wave of pioneer dividends, but the result was that the same type of people were wiped out and there was nothing left to eat later.

Jiang Wen’s own films will also be subject to various scrutiny in the future.

"Hidden in the Dust" could have opened up a new type of film specifically for audiences in first- and second-tier cities.

Just like the college students on Bilibili watching people driving trucks and experiencing the lives of rural and migrant workers, there is a need for this.

Cyber ​​​​simulates one's own experience of the hardships of life, and then brings in a little illusory sense of morality.

But the film's producers got mixed up with a bunch of people who hated and opposed it, and public opinion was very negative.

The producers of "Hidden in the Ashes" made money, and this genre is doomed to fail.

The same is true for "Storm".

The film made Gao Qiqiang look like The Godfather, and the movie was a huge hit, and the actor also became a big hit.

However, the scale of this subject matter will shrink.

The audience is just there to watch the fun, but the relevant departments will have to write a report. If a black person is turned into an idol, they will definitely be on guard against similar themes in the future.

The same goes for "In the Name of People".

of course.

Even now, or even in the future, "Let the Bullets Fly" still has progressive significance.

"Fair, fair, and damn fair."

Although the judges are standing and the common people are kneeling, the elites are standing and ordinary people are kneeling, it is considered a progress in the film and television industry and it calls for fairness.

There are also some good things, including much more satire on the group of martial arts candidates than Mo Yan and his ilk dare to say.

The martial arts candidates are the worst thugs.

When Mr. Huang was in power, he was extremely brutal.

When it falls, it bites the most ferociously, taking the lead in eating meat and drinking blood.

It's quite realistic. Xiaoyanzi's husband, as the driver, was close to the restaurant and also took a bite.

After all, a ranger is also a knight.

Better than first-class thieves and bandits.

Jiang Wen asked curiously, "If you were to write the ending, how would you write it?"

Shen Santong said: "Zhang Muzhi said in the car: Lao San, go to Pudong to do something, this time in the international market, don't mess around at home."

“There can be shots of people getting off the train midway, but they are also walking in front of the train.”

"Instead of riding a horse to catch up, the follower is not Zhang Muzhi. Zhang Muzhi is the leader who can see the signs before the sailboat arrives."

"In short, you can question and criticize, but you can't deny it outright."

"Dying to Survive", "The Bad Kids", "The Long Season", and "All or Nothing" are all relatively positive interactions.

No deconstruction, no nihilism, no reversal of black and white, no erasure of all meaning, and a little humanistic spirit.

The requirements of the relevant departments are quite low.

Shen Santong could feel that the result of some public opinions was to cause the disintegration of Dongda in terms of territory, history, ethnicity, time, gender, etc., so as to realize the plot of dividing Dongda.

Any outright denial, to the extreme, is in line with this trend of thought, whether intentional or unintentional.

(End of this chapter)