As for the movie "The King of Children", how should I put it? In fact, it is still a good movie overall, especially the handling of some details, which can make people see Chen Kaige's skills.
For example, the emotion shown in the sequence of shots where Lao Gong flings his sleeves is shocking. It was handled very well and was a stroke of genius.
It's just that the film still failed to succeed at Cannes. Not only was it unsuccessful, it also won the Golden Alarm Clock Award (the most boring film).
And the proud Chen Kaige also chose to go abroad to lick his wounds at that time...
However, it was naturally impossible for Wu Jianye to say these things at the dinner table. Like everyone else, he congratulated Chen Kaige and gave Martin Kamitz's contact information to Chen Kaige. As for "The King of Children"
"How much money this movie can sell in Cannes depends on Chen Kaige's ability.
After chatting for a while, Chen Kaige suddenly called Zhang Yimou aside. Seeing the two of them muttering, Hong Huang approached Wu Jianye and whispered: "Teacher Wu, what do you think of talented girls?"
, or is it better to be a beautiful woman?”
Wu Jianye glanced at Hong Huang and said, "Beautiful and talented women are the best!"
Hong Huang was choked and glared at Wu Jianye. Wu Jianye smiled and said nothing. He naturally knew why Hong Huang asked such a question. Hong Huang has always claimed to be a talented woman, and now Lao Mouzi will
Gong Li brought her here. In terms of appearance, Hong Huang was obviously no match, so she thought of bringing the topic to talented women and beauties.
As a result, Wu Jianye didn't answer the call at all, so he was naturally angry.
In fact, Wu Jianye is not at all curious about Lao Mouzi and Gong Li getting together now. After filming "Red Sorghum", Jiang Qian told Wu Jianye about this matter.
Chen Kaige now specifically called Zhang Yimou away. The two of them were muttering in private, obviously talking about Zhang Yimou and Gong Li. But what Wu Jianye was curious about was that Chen Kaige was not a person with a strong sense of justice.
His history proves that his butt is not much cleaner than Zhang Yimou.
So what can the two of them have to say, exchange experiences?
When Gong Li arrived at the side, she looked down-to-earth and didn't know what was going on. She even stood up and toasted Wu Jianye.
After a while, the two came back. Zhang Yimou's face looked a little uncertain. It was obvious that the content of the conversation between the two just now was not good news.
After the party, Chen Kaige left with Hong Huang, Zhang Yimou left with Gong Li, leaving the three big men Wu Jianye, Tianzhuangzhuang, and Zhao Fei.
Tianzhuangzhuang originally wanted to go back, but Wu Jianye called him to Tangting Culture.
Sitting in Wu Jianye's office, Tian Zhuangzhuang said with some dissatisfaction: "Why did you ask me to come here? I have to go back to prepare for tomorrow's shooting mission."
Wu Jianye glanced at Tianzhuangzhuang: "Sit down with me if you have anything to do."
Tianzhuangzhuang sat down helplessly, holding the newly opened Jianlibao in his hand, and asked helplessly: "What's going on?"
Zhao Fei sat next to him, looking like he already knew what was going on: "How else can I do it? It must be for the movie you are filming now!"
Tian Zhuangzhuang's face changed: "What's wrong with this movie? Why do you all look so dissatisfied?"
Wu Jianye sat in front of Tianzhuangzhuang and sighed in his heart. To be honest, if it were another person, Wu Jianye wouldn't bother to care about it. But who would let this be Tianzhuangzhuang? He has been in college for four years.
I am a classmate and the assistant director of my first film. The friendship between classmates has been there all these years.
In fact, Wu Jianye hoped that Tianzhuangzhuang could find a different path from other times and spaces.
In fact, Tian Zhuangzhuang's directorial talent is no worse than Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. If Tian Zhuangzhuang can restrain his style, he can achieve the same achievements as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige and become a master director. The fate of his works will be the same.
Each one was more miserable than the last, and the last one "Blue**" banned him from filming for ten years. This was the ten years of a director's golden age!
"There is no problem with the movie, but it won't be released!" Wu Jianye said firmly.
Gianzhuangzhuang said dissatisfied: "How do you know?"
"Do you still need to ask? Go and ask yourself. If a movie with such a subject really passes the review for you, then I've spent all these years in vain!"
Tian Zhuangzhuang glanced at Wu Jianye, pondered for a long time, and then said, "I want to try it!"
Wu Jianye said: "Let's see, how much is the investment in this movie? I will give you the money, and you will return the money to the studio. This movie is too dangerous!"
Tianzhuangzhuang shook his head and asked: "Old Wu, I know you have good intentions, but let me ask you, will you give your child to others?"
Looking at Tian Zhuangzhuang's determined eyes, Wu Jianye knew that anything he said was in vain. This may be the reason why Tian Zhuangzhuang was successful, his love and persistence for his own movies.
In the end, Wu Jianye still failed to convince Tianzhuangzhuang, and Tianzhuangzhuang took away a few bottles of good wine from Wu Jianye when he left...
"This Zhuangzhuang is really too stubborn!" Zhao Fei complained.
Wu Jianye also said helplessly: "Let's do this for now!"
When the two were about to leave, Zhang Yimou came to Tangting Culture with a drooped face.
After Zhao Fei saw Zhang Yimou, he started joking: "Hey, isn't this Director Zhang? Aren't you supposed to be with your beauty at this time? Why did you remember to come to our place?"
The two of them lived in the same dormitory when they were in college, and there was always no taboo in joking around.
Zhang Yimou ignored Zhao Fei and asked Wu Jianye with a grimace, "Does the company still have alcohol?"
Wu Jianye didn't answer. He stood up directly, took out a bottle of Moutai and three wine glasses from the wine cabinet, and put them on the table.
"Come drink with me!" Zhang Yimou said in a very low voice, and then he opened the Moutai and had three cups.
Zhao Fei saw this: "Why, are you kicked out?"
Zhang Yimou rolled his eyes at Zhao Fei and said, "What are you talking about? Drink!"
Wu Jianye and Zhao Fei looked at each other and picked up their wine glasses.
After Zhang Yimou drank almost half of the bottle by himself, he said: "I want to get a divorce!"
Zhao Fei stood up in a hurry: "Damn it, you are too big and want a divorce? Director Wu is not allowed to skin you alive?"
Zhang Yimou answered the question and said: "She and I have nothing in common. We already went to see Brother Wu to make trouble two days ago. Today Kaige told me that she came to Yanjing to find Kaige...
"
When Zhao Fei wanted to say something else, Wu Jianye gave Zhao Fei a stopping look.
"This kind of thing is your private matter. We are not in the position to express our opinions. You should think about the causes and consequences yourself, and then after thinking about it clearly, just do it according to your own ideas!" Wu Jianye said.
If you look at Chinese film directors or actors in this era, there are a few who have never been divorced. Those who have never been divorced are embarrassed to say that they are engaged in literature and art.
So Wu Jianye knew that no matter what outsiders said about this kind of thing, the person involved would not listen. Zhang Yimou is like this. To put it bluntly, he is here to seek comfort. As for the truth, he knows it even if you don't tell him.
If that's the case, then why waste your breath?
Just as Wu Jianye thought, Zhang Yimou had already had his own ideas. In fact, even without Gong Li's appearance, it is estimated that Zhang Yimou's first marriage would not have lasted long.
Some people are like this. When they don't succeed, they only seek a partner to satisfy their needs for marriage. Later, when they become successful and famous, they begin to hope that their partner can speak a common language with them. When they finally reach perfection,
When I was young, I thought that it would be best for my partner to be simple...
This is actually a portrayal of Zhang Yimou's married life.
That night, Zhang Yimou got drunk at Tangting Wenhua. Wu Jianye had no choice but to join forces with Zhao Fei to put Zhang Yimou in his lounge, and then he and Zhao Fei left Tangting Wenhua and went back to their respective homes.
On the second day, Wu Jianye did not go back to Tangting Culture directly, but went to a newly built community in Chaoyang, accompanied by my mother.
The reason why I came here is because Zhao Xiaoqiang bought a house here and brought his wife, children, parents and sisters here today.
"Brother, you are here!" It was Zhao Xiaoqiang's sister Zhao Xiaofang who opened the door.
Zhao Xiaofang is already a 20-year-old girl. She has not been studying since she finished middle school in her hometown. In the past two years, her family has introduced several people to her, but none of them are interested.
"Here, there are clothes here for you!" Wu Jianye handed the bag in his hand to Zhao Xiaofang.
"How's it going? Can you live there?" Wu Jianye walked into the living room and looked at the bustle in the room and asked, "I still have an empty room over there. Otherwise, let my uncle and aunt go.
Where do I live?”
Zhao Xiaoqiang bought a house with three bedrooms and one living room, more than 130 square meters, for nearly 200,000 yuan, an average of nearly 1,600 per square meter, so don't always say that housing prices in that era were cheap.
House prices in that era were cheap because state-owned units also provided housing allocation benefits, but it was also very difficult for ordinary people to buy a house.
According to a report in 1999, housing prices in Shanghai had reached 2,300 yuan per square meter at that time. More than 11,000 houses were sold in Shanghai that year, and the transaction volume was less than one-tenth!
The same is true in Yanjing. In 9 years, Yanjing provided more than 20,000 square meters of housing, and the average price per square meter also reached 1,600-1,900.
At that time, if a person wanted to buy a house with his own money, someone had calculated that a college student could save 50 yuan a month from the time he started working, which was already the highest limit. Even if he wanted to buy a most ordinary two-bedroom apartment, he would have to
Save enough for 100 years!
Therefore, it is not an easy task to buy a house in China, no matter what age you are.
And at this time, everyone has not realized the benefits of courtyard houses. At this time, Yanjing courtyard houses were actually large courtyards. There were often more than a dozen families living in one courtyard. They had no private bathrooms and had to go to public toilets, so they only lived in buildings.
It’s what everyone is thinking about.
Zhao Xiaoqiang has made a lot of money from working as a moving company in the past few years, but more than 200,000 yuan still wiped out all his savings. However, it can be seen from Zhao Xiaoqiang's happy face that he has no regrets about it.
The uncle said with a smile on his face: "No, we can't stay here for long. We will go back after a few days."
The uncle and the others came here this time because Zhao Xiaoqiang bought a house. They came here specifically to take a look and sent Zhao Xiaoqiang's wife and children over.
Before coming to Yanjing, Zhao Xiaoqiang already had a daughter. Now his sister-in-law Xu Huizhi has given birth to a son to Zhao Xiaoqiang. It happens that he has both a son and a daughter. Zhao Xiaoqiang also hopes to bring them to Yanjing, so he bought this house.
After sitting down and everyone chatting for a few words, Wu Jianye looked at the expectant eyes of Zhao Xiaoqiang and others and said with a smile: "I have already made arrangements for Shanshan to go to school. I have asked someone to come over and take Brother Qiang with me in the past two days.
Go through the formalities and Shanshan can go to school!"
Zhao Shanshan, Zhao Xiaoqiang's eldest daughter, is 11 years old this year. If she wants to go to elementary school in Yanjing, she has to join another class. This kind of thing is really easy for Wu Jianye.
Zhao Xiaoqiang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Zhao Shanshan could go to school. Now that Zhao Xiaoqiang could make money, there was no such thing as valuing children over daughters and not letting their daughters go to school. What's more, Zhao Xiaoqiang had already known about Zhao Xiaoyan.
He understood the importance of going to school, which was one of the reasons why he wanted his daughter to come to Yanjing.
Zhao Xiaofang approached Wu Jianye and said, "Brother, can I also stay in Yanjing?"
In the past two years, many children from the Zhao and Wu families have come out. Zhao Xiaofang has always disagreed with the people introduced by her family in the past two years. In fact, she has the idea of coming to Yanjing. Now that she sees Wu Jianye, she naturally hopes to get it.
Wu Jianye’s support.
After all, with the development over the years, Wu Jianye has long become the backbone of the Zhao and Wu families. If Wu Jianye can agree to Zhao Xiaofang coming to Beijing, his uncle and aunt will definitely not say anything.
Wu Jianye smiled and said, "You can come if you want, but what can you do?"
Zhao Xiaofang said seriously: "I can learn!"
Wu Jianye glanced at his uncle and aunt, and saw that although there was some reluctance in their eyes, they had no intention of denying Wu Jianye's consent.
"Your brother's moving company is doing very well now. If you are looking for me, you might as well look for your brother!" Wu Jianye said with a smile. It's not that Wu Jianye doesn't want to arrange a job for Zhao Xiaofang, it's mainly because Wu Jianye is early.
There is a rule that in your company, family members will not be allowed to participate.
If Zhao Xiaofang comes to Yanjing, she will definitely know nothing. It is better to send her to Zhao Xiaoqiang's moving company for a few years to train. If she is capable, Wu Jianye can also invest some money in letting her start a small business.
Zhao Xiaoqiang smiled and said: "I still need a warehouse keeper here, why don't you come and exercise first?"
Zhao Xiaofang curled her lips and was a little dissatisfied, and then gave Wu Jianye a pitiful look.
Wu Jianye said quickly: "When your brother first came to Yanjing, he was still repairing bicycles. You don't know anything. If you want to come to Yanjing, you must start from a young age."
"Okay!" Zhao Xiaofang pouted and said.
"It's time to eat!" Seeing that Zhao Xiaofang's affairs had been arranged, my aunt began to arrange for everyone to have lunch!