Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 264 She Loves Him So Much

Before shooting this scene, Zhang Yimou had already prepared to shoot it many times.

Wang Jiawei shot the first scene of "My Blueberry Nights" more than 100 times.

In the end, My Blueberry Nights won the Palme d'Or.

This incident has become something of a joke in the director circles across Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong.

Many directors have joked about this, saying that if they were to direct Chen Nuo's movie one day, they would definitely do the same when shooting the first shot, and maybe they could win the Palme d'Or.

Although Zhang Yimou has been concentrating on his work for the Olympics, this joke, which has been spreading more and more widely and even taken seriously by many people, has still reached his ears.

To say he has no ambition for the Palme d'Or is to deceive himself.

But he is Zhang Yimou.

Even if the joke was true, he wouldn't do it.

He is not Wang Jiawei, and he will not deliberately make things difficult for actors just to win awards.

The reason why he was prepared to NG a hundred times was only one:
If the actor's acting is not good, it is very likely that it will not pass. It will take many, many takes.

Therefore, before filming began, he decided to change the camera from film to a digital camera which was not yet mature.

It is no exaggeration to say that Director Zhang is already prepared to spend the New Year on the set.

If the shooting progress cannot keep up, then starting from him, no one in the crew will be able to sleep well for a single day during the three-month shooting period.

In short, no matter what, his reputation cannot be ruined this time.

"Director Zhang, I think you're taking it too seriously, really. It shouldn't be that serious..."

"Chen Nuo, it's not that I don't believe in Yifei. If I didn't believe in her, I wouldn't have chosen her to play the role. It's just that I thought about it later and realized that our play is indeed difficult for the heroine. No matter who plays the role, I have to make this preparation. So, we decided to use digital. You can't say that I think Yifei can't act well. It's mainly for the sake of excellence."

".How about this, Director Zhang? Let's shoot the first scene where Jingqiu cries in front of Lao San's bed. How do you think?"

".This scene is not easy. Is it too fast to shoot this in the first scene? Chen Nuo, I'm afraid Yi Fei won't be in the right state by then."

"I think she's fine. I've seen her change over the past few days. What I mean is, let's just try this scene. If Director Zhang feels that Liu Yifei can only be shot digitally after you've filmed it, then let's do as you say."

"Haha, when you say that, it seems like I have no confidence in you and Yifei."

"Director Zhang, Liu Yifei and I are old friends. I think I know her well enough. She's not that bad. So, Director, you should give her a chance, okay?"

This was a conversation Zhang Yimou had with the male lead of his new play on the phone before he left Beijing for Hubei.

It was because of this conversation that he decided to bring the film equipment with him as well.

Just in case, what if Liu Yifei is really okay?

In fact, Zhang Yimou was not unaware of why Chen Nuo insisted on using film.

In this era, digital video cameras are just getting started.

Although it can shoot, delete, and NG as many times as you want, it will not increase the cost.
But in fact, in terms of presentation effect, the graininess and texture of the images captured by film photography are indeed incomparable to current digital cameras.

This may not have much impact when the film is shown in theaters.

But if the film were sent to Cannes... that would be another matter.

In the previous life, Zhang Yimou decided to use a digital camera to shoot this movie because of the relationship between the two new actors Zhou Dongyu and Dou Xiao. It is hard to say whether this has affected the final evaluation of the movie.

Because everyone who has seen the movie knows that in addition to the thin and cheap visuals, the original "Under the Hawthorn Tree" has many other things to criticize.

However, digital photography has indeed not played any positive role in helping the film, and no one can certainly defend this.

Zhang Yimou is not unaware that digital technology has problems and will reduce quality.

But as we all know, Zhang Yimou is a man, not a god. Not only is he not a hero who will go forward even if there are thousands of people against him, he can even be said to be a man with many shortcomings.

After it was decided that Liu Yifei would star in the movie, the pressure from public opinion from all sides made him unable to sleep or eat.

Although Zhang Weiping firmly supports him.

But Zhang Yimou knew that it was all because of Chen Nuo.

The businessman was dazzled by Chen Nuo's appeal in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, South Korea, and the global market.

However, leaving Zhang Weiping aside, there were constant voices online and offline criticizing him for choosing Liu Yifei as the female lead.

The comments Liu Yifei saw in the Internet cafe were a very small part, or even an insignificant part.

Even more pressure came from the worries and persuasion of his friends and acquaintances.

Too risky.

Everyone says that.

Everyone was well-intentioned and their words were very sincere.

"Liu Yifei's acting is too stereotypical. It's hard for Chen Nuo to bring her out of this situation."

"Mouzi, you've really lost your mind this time. If she's really good, she can be the one who plays The Divine Condor, or at least The Wind Blows, right? She really can't."

"To be honest, Director Zhang, you might as well pick a newcomer. Someone like Liu Yifei who is half-baked is too difficult to train."

"Mouzi, you may really need to prepare a budget this time. We mainland investors can't learn to be like Wang Jiawei. If you want to make a good film, you have to be mentally prepared."

Zhang Yimou is an artist. As we all know, artists tend to be easily influenced and their determination is not very strong.

When people around Liu Yifei told her in unison that it was impossible.

More than ten days later, Zhang Yimou couldn't help but doubt his original decision.

However, he was also easily influenced. Although he had already ordered the digital photo shoot, he wavered again after hearing what Chen Nuo said on the phone. He decided to make preparations for both scenarios.

However, Zhang Yimou still had no idea what was going on until he saw Liu Yifei's performance.

Until now.

When he looked at the girl on the monitor who was crying so hard and dying of grief.

While watching Liu Yifei's performance on the monitor, Zhang Yimou paid attention to the time in the upper right corner of the screen.

135812
More than 10 seconds passed.
She is completely different from the girl who could only cry out when two drops of water fell on her during the audition.

She cried for so long, and the tears never stopped.

What satisfied Zhang Yimou the most was that he could see from the camera that Liu Yifei was not performing her own one-man show.

Her eyes were fixed on Chen Nuo's face.

From this, every audience can clearly understand that she is crying for him.

Mourning for his dying lover.

She loved him so much that the emotions in her eyes almost overflowed from the screen. It was an affectionate gaze that could not be concealed.
It doesn't take a very expert eye to see this.

There are countless top actors that Zhang Yimou has worked with. To this day, it is difficult for him to say which actor’s acting skills impressed him the most.

At this moment he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

He watched for a while longer until the time in the upper right corner of the monitor screen reached 31 seconds.

At this time, Liu Yifei spoke her first line.

She cried and said intermittently: "You... are a liar. You clearly... clearly promised me... "

According to the lines in the script, Liu Yifei should have said "I am Jingqiu. I am Jingqiu. I am Jingqiu."

Because the third brother is dying and is on his deathbed.

The third brother's mother told Jingqiu to quickly tell him who you are and why you are here.

So in the original drama, Zhou Dongyu was like a tape recorder, repeating these pretentious and depthless lines several times, which instantly distracted the audience who were originally a little moved.

This time, when reading the script, Zhang Yimou still didn't think there was anything wrong with the lines.

But at this time, after listening to Liu Yifei's lines, his eyes showed thought, and he clapped his hands with a "pa".

Zhang Yimou was a little happy.

After all, Zhang Yimou's artistic aesthetic vision is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

As soon as Liu Yifei said this impromptu line, he immediately realized that it was definitely more appropriate than the lines in the original script.

This "swindler" echoes a line spoken by Jingqiu and Lao San earlier.

It seems that Liu Yifei has memorized the script by heart.

Not only that, the good thing about this line is that even though two people are so deeply in love, do they still need lines like "I am Jingqiu" to remind each other who she is?

Not required.

Two men and women who truly love each other can know each other by a cough, a cry, even a footstep or a breath.

Before calling cut, Zhang Yimou looked at the time in the upper right corner of the monitor again. It was now 45 seconds.

Tsk tsk.

He shook his head again and said into the intercom, "Cut! Over. Let the actors rest for a while. Prepare for the next scene."

Immediately, Director Zhang sat in the director's chair and hesitated for a few seconds, and finally decided that one must believe in oneself.

What the hell do those passers-by A, B, C, and D know about movies?
Since the Republic of China, all the good things have been ruined by these cowards who only know how to talk nonsense.

Look at Liu Yifei, she has such expressiveness, such appeal, and the ability to cry without disfiguring herself. How can you say that actress Chen Nuo can't bring out this? Are you kidding me?
How could my vision be wrong?

Zhang Yimou stood up expressionlessly but with a satisfied heart. He frowned and urged his attendants, "Change the machine, change the machine. This digital one still won't work. You still have to load film on it."

Hearing a "click", Chen Nuo, whose cheeks looked sunken due to highlighter powder, immediately closed his mouth.

With a tube inserted in his nose, he had been breathing gently through his mouth. After breathing in the cold air for a long time, his mouth became very dry and uncomfortable.

He had just pulled out the nasal tube when he heard director Zhang Yimou very considerately say on the intercom that the actors should take a rest...

Chen Nuo felt that it was actually unnecessary.

He lay there for a while; the mattress was quite comfortable and the quilt was quite warm. Although he had to pretend to be a dying man and his whole body looked like a corpse, he was not very comfortable, but he was not very tired either.

However, when he moved his gaze to the face of someone beside the bed, he was stunned for a moment.

No wonder I passed it in one try.

I really got into the role.

It can be said that his hard work of being both a father and a mother this month was worth it.

From beauty to hairdressing, from psychological counseling to body shape, it can be said that he shared all his experience in immersing himself in a role.

If he is considered Li Er's last disciple, then Liu Yifei must be considered his first disciple.

Anyway, what does he want?
There are three reasons.

First, people are emotional animals. Liu Yifei has known him for such a long time, even if... they have feelings for each other,

Second, people are visual animals. Which man can bear to see such a beautiful girl hit a career bottleneck? He will definitely help her if he can.

Third, the core and key point is that people are profit-seeking animals.

In November, Liu Yifei officially renewed her agency contract with Huanxin Company.

Even though Liu Xiaoli looked unhappy, she signed an 8-year contract with Huanxin Company without hesitation.

He didn't even bother to ask for the penalty, and didn't even offer Qi Yuntian a price. He was so straightforward that it was scary. It seemed that he really didn't plan to find another job.

This is 8!
Liu Yifei is only one year younger than him, and eight years later, she will be almost 8 years old.

In other words, Liu Yifei's golden years in every actress' life, between the ages of 22 and 30, were spent selling herself to him.

For every dollar a person earns, he keeps 30 or 40 cents.

Then Chen Nuo couldn't help but ask, what happened to the heroine in Zhang Yimou's movie?
What can't Liu Yifei do?

Isn't it right to receive a few million in salary?
Finally, 30 days of hard teaching paid off today.

Chen Nuo stopped acting, smiled, and praised: "Not bad..."

As soon as he said this, Liu Yifei rushed over, hugged him, and cried so loudly that his eardrums buzzed.

(End of this chapter)