Wu Jianye, Zhang Yimou, and Zhao Fei got off the minibus one after another.
The sign of 'Yenjing Film Academy' is still hanging on the wall, it is still black characters on a white background, and the word '影' is still composed of a 'well' and three characters!
Zhang Yimou sighed and said: "Ten years have passed and nothing has changed?"
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "The original brand was taken away by the college. I'm going to find someone to rewrite it!"
Zhao Fei looked at the big iron gate and said with a smile: "It turns out that I have to dig through this a lot!"
Wu Jianye laughed and said, "That's you!"
After saying that, Wu Jianye directly kicked Zhao Fei in the butt, but Zhao Fei was willing to give in and started chasing Wu Jianye, while Zhang Yimou, who was behind him, started laughing.
Zhang Yimou was originally the oldest student in their class, and coupled with his calm personality, Zhang Yimou rarely participated in fights between students.
Soon Zhang Yimou heard Zhao Fei shouting, "No, I have to go and see if my dormitory has changed!"
Zhang Yimou and Zhao Fei are in the same dormitory. Zhang Yimou is the oldest in the photography department, while Zhao Fei is the youngest in the photography department!
At this time, a man in his early fifties got out of the minibus next to Zhang Yimou.
"I really don't come here often!" the man said.
"Teacher Guo, is this place the same as you remember it?" Zhang Yimou showed some respect for the man.
In fact, according to the relationship between Zhang Yimou and this man, he should call him senior brother, but there are other relationships involved, so Zhang Yimou calls him teacher.
And this Teacher Guo is actually none other than Guo Baochang, the director of the later classic TV series "The Mansion Gate".
Guo Baochang actually graduated from Yenching Film Academy. If calculated according to normal time, Guo Baochang should have graduated from the Directing Department of Yenching Film Academy in 1965. However, because of that special period, he has been in 1979
I just got my diploma from the college.
When he came to the college to get his diploma, he attracted the attention of many classmates!
Guo Baochang's original name was actually not Guo Baochang, but Li Baochang. He was born in a poor worker's family in Yanjing. His father died of illness on the street when he was two years old. His mother sold him to a family for 80 yuan and was later redeemed.
He returned home and sold it to Tongrentang for 200 yuan. Because his adoptive mother’s surname was Guo, he changed his name to Guo Baochang!
As for his adoptive mother, there are also different opinions, but the most common theory is that her adoptive mother is Xiangxiu from "The Mansion Gate"!
And "The Mansion Gate" is actually adapted from his own experience.
This time Guo Baochang followed Wu Jianye and others to Zhu Xinzhuang College, actually to play a guest role as the boss of a TV station in the movie.
There is definitely no problem with Guo Baochang's personal temperament in a guest role like this. Zhang Yimou and Guo Baochang walked slowly in the college. Zhang Yimou looked a little surprised when he saw that nothing in the college had changed.
"Xiao Wu is interested!" Guo Baochang sighed sincerely from the side.
Zhang Yimou smiled and said: "Old Wu is the most special one among our students. When we first came to the academy, Old Wu's character was actually a bit dull, but then he suddenly became lively for some reason.
, first he wrote scripts and acted in movies, and later no one thought that he would become the most successful director in our generation!"
Recalling every detail of his school days, Zhang Yimou also sighed a lot.
At first, he was an auditor, but later because his grades were so good, he was admitted as an official student. At that time, Chen Kaige was busy attending recitations, while Zhang Yimou himself went to participate in a photography exhibition.
At that time, everyone seemed confused about the future, but they were also looking forward to it.
After a while, Wu Jianye and Zhao Fei came over happily, but by this time, they were already sweating profusely.
The two of them didn't pay attention, and went directly to the faucet and washed themselves thoroughly with cold water.
Zhao Fei even ran up to Zhang Yimou and threw the water all over Zhang Yimou.
Guo Baochang came to Wu Jianye and said: "Director Wu..."
"No, Teacher Guo, you should call me Xiao Wu!" Wu Jianye said quickly.
Guo Baochang laughed and did not refute. He smiled and said: "Xiao Wu, I have to thank you for leaving a thought for us at the film school!"
Wu Jianye knew that Guo Baochang was talking about leaving Zhu Xinzhuang Film Academy, so he laughed and said: "I just feel that everything about me started here. I had this condition at the beginning, so I let him
Saved!”
Guo Baochang did not ask Wu Jianye how much it cost to save this place. Although he was sold several times since childhood, when he was later bought to Tongrentang, his adoptive mother treated him very well, so his living conditions were still quite good.
Of course, he later suffered some unfair treatment because of this relationship, so there is no need to go into detail here.
Generally speaking, except for the period when he was sold when he was a child, Guo Baochang still lived in a wealthy environment during his childhood, which also led to his not taking money so seriously.
"Teacher Guo, this is my thank you for coming to help us shoot. If there is anything wrong, please tell me!" Wu Jianye said humbly.
Guo Baochang joked: "Now who doesn't say that Wu Jianye is our number one director in China, who can guide you!"
Wu Jianye: "You laugh at me!"
The two chatted and walked toward the back of the school.
Although Tangting Culture built a studio here, it did not change the basic layout of the college. It just built a studio behind the college, and this land was also newly purchased!
At this time, Wang Xiaoshuai has already directed the staff behind "Chu Xing's World" and has set up filming equipment here!
After seeing Wu Jianye and others, he quickly ran over and first addressed Guo Baochang respectfully: "Teacher Guo!"
Wu Jianye smiled and introduced Guo Baochang: "His name is Wang Xiaoshuai, and he is also a graduate of the directing department of our college!"
When Guo Baochang heard that Wang Xiaoshuai was also a graduate of the Directing Department of the Film Academy, he immediately felt a lot more cordial.
"Haha, that's right, Xiaoshuai, the relationship between the two of us is authentic as brothers, and we are completely different from Xiao Wu and Xiao Zhang!"
Wu Jianye is a student in the Fine Arts Department of the Film Academy, Zhang Yimou, and Zhao Fei are students in the Photography Department of the Film Academy. Among them, Wang Xiaoshuai is the only one who is a student in the Directing Department of the Film Academy.
Wang Xiaoshuai scratched his head and didn't know what to say. What was Guo Baochang's status? Naturally, he could tease Wu Jianye, Zhang Yimou and the others at will.
But Wang Xiaoshuai is not good enough. Nowadays, the name of the fifth generation of directors in China is astonishing, and Wu Jianye and Zhang Yimou are the two most dazzling stars among them. Their status is much higher than that of Wang Xiaoshuai.
In the end, Wang Xiaoshuai had no choice but to change the subject and said: "Director Wu, the preparations here are all done. You can also put on makeup and get ready for shooting!"
Wu Jianye had no objection to this, and took Guo Baochang and others to the temporary dressing room and started putting on makeup.
Because the director Wu Jianye will play is older than Wu Jianye's actual age, Wu Jianye makes up to look older, while Zhang Yimou looks younger.
So after they finished putting on makeup, Wu Jianye looked at Zhang Yimou, who was at least a few years younger, and laughed: "Lao Mouzi, you have regained your second youth!"
Zhang Yimou looked at himself in the mirror and said with a wry smile: "That's you. If it were a second person, I wouldn't be able to come. You don't know. Lu Wei knows that I'm going to guest star with you, but it's better to talk about me."
How many days are there!”
The shooting at Zhu Xinzhuang Studio will take at least two weeks, which is definitely a precious time for Zhang Yimou, who has entered a critical period in the preparation of "Alive".
Wu Jianye chuckled and said: "You don't have to worry, Kaige will start filming "Farewell My Concubine" next month. The filming will be completed in four or five months, so you have to wait!"
Zhang Yimou's "Alive" stars Ge You and Gong Li, and both of them participated in Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" at the same time, so the two wanted to join Zhang Yimou's "Alive", as Wu Jianye said
As you said, you have to wait!
Zhang Yimou said: "Don't fool me, we are all in this business. Who doesn't know how important the early preparations are? I don't care, you have to compensate me!"
Wu Jianye was stunned for a moment, then laughed and scolded: "Okay, Lao Mouzi, you are a bit bad now, and you have started to blackmail. This is not the same as before!"
Zhang Yimou obviously rarely does this kind of thing, so when Wu Jianye said this, Zhang Yimou felt a little embarrassed.
Wu Jianye was not polite and asked with a smile: "Tell me, is there a budget problem?"
Zhang Yimou laughed sarcastically and said: "There's no problem now, I'm just worried that there will be problems in the future!"
Then Zhang Yimou explained: "You have never worried about money for making a movie. Among us, there is no one who is not good at making movies!"
After Wu Jianye heard this, he immediately became unhappy and said, "I'm not worried about money. That's because I have the ability to sell the movie at a good price!"
Zhang Yimou could only be speechless about this. He and Chen Kaige are known as the most outstanding fifth-generation directors in China under Wu Jianye, but they also know that in terms of movies, they are the same as Wu Jianye.
The gap between them is all-encompassing.
Whether it's in terms of awards or box office.
In terms of awards, while the two of them are still working hard to win their first European film festival award, Wu Jianye is already close to winning the awards from the three major film festivals.
Up to now, Wu Jianye has only lacked the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, but he has the Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival!
As for the box office, there is no need to talk about it!
Except for Wu Jianye's first movie "Raise the Red Lantern", any of Wu Jianye's remaining four movies can beat the combined box office of all the movies the two of them have shot so far.
...
This is the tragedy of these two people!
Next to him, Guo Baochang was smiling as he watched the two bickering. Guo Baochang was still very excited about today's guest appearance.
Although he didn't have many roles, probably only for a week, this kind of experience made Guo Baochang very curious. It seemed like a good idea for the director to make a cameo in the movie.
They were all grown men, so it would not take long to put on makeup. More than half an hour later, Wu Jianye led Zhang Yimou and others into the studio and started the official shooting.
Because he had to participate in the performance, Wang Xiaoshuai had already replaced Wu Jianye in front of the camera and exercised the rights of the director.
Wu Jianye began to brew his own emotions.
Following Wang Xiaoshuai's order, Wu Jianye's performance began.
At this time, Wu Jianye was wearing a beret, glasses, and a velvet sweater, looking very elegant.
This scene was a monologue by the director played by Wu Jianye, so I, Jianye, was the only one performing, while Zhang Yimou and Guo Baochang were sitting outside watching Wu Jianye's performance.
Guo Baochang watched for a while and said with a smile: "Xiao Wu's acting skills are still good!"
Zhang Yimou laughed and said: "When Lao Wu wrote the script of "The Peacock Princess", Mr. Situ was competing with Mr. Li Jushan. At that time, Lao Wu also said that he wanted to learn acting. I didn't expect that Lao Wu would be so successful as a director.
so good!"
The two of them just chatted briefly and then watched Wu Jianye's performance carefully. Although they were both directors now, they would definitely be on stage soon, so neither one wanted to lose face in each other's eyes.
After a scene ended, Wu Jianye walked to the camera and looked back at his performance.
But after watching it, Wu Jianye shook his head slightly and said: "This is wrong, let's reshoot it!"
Wang Xiaoshuai looked at Wu Jianye with some confusion: "Director Wu, I think you are doing this well!"
Wu Jianye explained: "No, the director is not a bad person, and you can't say that. At least the director himself does not think that he has done anything wrong, so the way I expressed this director is wrong!"
In the camera, the corners of Wu Jianye's mouth would occasionally curl up slightly, giving the director a sense of evil that he shouldn't have!
Zhang Yimou nodded and agreed with Wu Jianye's opinion: "Yes, I have read the script of this movie. From the beginning to the end, the director never thought that he was doing something wrong.
It seems to him that everything he does is correct, and he can even feel a little complacent from time to time, but the sense of evil must never appear in him!"
When Wang Xiaoshuai saw that both Wu Jianye and Zhang Yimou said this, there was nothing else to say, so he had to ask the crew to prepare and reshoot the scene just now.
Guo Baogang patted Wang Xiaoshuai on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Boy, study hard. It's not easy to get guidance from the two of them!"
Wang Xiaoshuai smiled and nodded.
It was already noon when we were shooting. At this time, everyone saw Zhu Xian driving a car and bringing a yellow mask to the shooting scene.