The bard joins the entertainment industry

After listening to Li Feng's words, Zhang Yimou and Wang Bin began to consider its feasibility.

"That's good. Then will this dilute the elements of conspiracy and multiple identities?

"After setting the tone, can we slowly add more?"

Zhang Yimou nodded on the table and said: "Now, Sui Feng is essentially the government's catcher, but he used his identity as the hero Sui Feng to save the blind girl.

His dual identities are all on the surface.

The blind girl was a singer on the surface, but when she suddenly attempted an assassination, she was an assassin sent by the Flying Knife Sect.

However, when everyone thought that she was just an assassin sent by the Flying Knife Sect.

In fact, she was the key person in executing this plan together with her father.

In order to lure the government into being fooled, he was captured by mistake and did it deliberately.

On the surface, his father, like Sui Feng, is the government's catcher, but in fact he is an undercover agent of the Flying Knife Sect who joins the government. "

Wang Bin asked again: "What about the other people? The eldest sister, the second sister and the chief catcher, what other identities do they have?"

After hearing this, Chen Shuo couldn't help but say: "Actually, I don't think it's necessary to pursue extreme diversity and assign multiple identities to everyone.

This would make things too complicated.

Like the eldest sister and the chief catcher, they can be regarded as generals on the chessboard, used to anchor the two camps.

Let me tell you, this is a conspiracy and vendetta between the government and Jianghu forces.

And this story is the various grievances and resentments derived from this conspiracy and vendetta. "

After listening to his suggestion, Wang Bin thought for a while and continued: "If the identities of the eldest sister and the chief catcher are unified.

Then the second sister can arrange another identity for her to increase her role in the drama. "

In Zhang Yimou's imagination, the identity of the second sister was given to Zhang Ziyi.

In the previous script, because this character was added later, it was indeed too thin as Chen Shuo said.

Now that the new script has been decided, we can flesh out this character.

“Since the elements of the palace have been removed and King Qi has been replaced by the chief arrester, then the scenes originally in the palace will be moved to the brothel.

It's perfectly normal for a policeman to drink flower wine.

Moreover, a brothel is a place where good and bad people are mixed, but it is easy to attract attention.

It is suitable to be a place where the government and the world meet. "

"In this case, the second sister can also appear in advance, either as the blind girl's companion, or as the madam of the brothel..."

"I think we can serve as a companion and let her perform the first dance, and then lead the blind girl to perform water sleeve drumming."

"No, I think it's better to be the madam. My companion is suspected of being exposed.

If we insist on saying that she was not exposed, I'm afraid the audience will find it unreasonable.

The madam is different. She won't ask a blind singer about his origins, as long as it can make her money. "

"..."

Zhang Yimou and the three of them pieced together a story script again with each other's words.

Chen Shuo and Yu Bo were not professional script writers. Except for the characters involving them, they rarely intervened and just listened quietly.

After fully understanding their newly revised script, Chen Shuo couldn't help but ask: "Director Zhang, I have a question about this new story."

"Say it." Zhang Yimou and the other three couldn't help but feel happy that they had sorted out a complete script so quickly.

He smiled and asked him to speak up.

"Whose perspective does Director Zhang intend to tell this new story from?"

"Of course..."

What Zhang Yimou was about to say was naturally from the perspective of Sui Feng and the blind girl.

Suddenly something felt wrong.

If this story were told from the perspective of the blind girl and Sui Feng, wouldn't they become the male and female protagonists?

Characters such as father and eldest sister have become supporting roles.

This is not impossible, but the key is the role of father. He asked Andy Lau to play the role.

He was originally a protagonist, but now he has changed to a supporting role. How should he explain to Andy Lau then?

And the most important thing is that in his original vision, the eldest sister was a key figure.

But now, it seems that he has become a character hidden behind the story.

Not many opportunities to play.

Not only did he think of this, Wang Bin and Li Feng also thought of it.

I couldn't help but fall into deep thought again, thinking about how to solve the problem of this scene.

The story alone is useless, you have to let people see it after you film it.

Now, top stars are the best signs.

If we really talk about using two newcomers to take the lead.

Even if the director of this drama is Zhang Yimou, even if he made "Hero".

Without a star with enough box office appeal as the protagonist, it is estimated that not many viewers will be willing to buy it.

But if it is not shot from the perspective of Sui Feng and the blind girl.

It lacks the tension of decryption and the strong reversal when the mystery is revealed.

The "conspiracy" element in the play will also be greatly eclipsed.

"This is indeed a very important issue and needs to be thought about carefully."

Zhang Yimou looked at the time and saw that it was already noon, so he started asking people to prepare lunch.

After Chen Shuo and Chen Shuo had a working meal together, they said goodbye and left.

Out the door. After getting in the car, Chen Shuo did not start the car immediately.

But after thinking quietly for a moment, he said: "It is better to focus on the role of father and invite a big-name star to participate.

Otherwise, out of the six characters, you, me, and Sissi account for three.

There is also a second sister named Zhang Ziyi. Although she has acted in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero", she still cannot support the box office.

Therefore, the role of a father is crucial.

Not only for the sake of the show, but for our own sake, we should think so. "

"If you don't have diamonds, don't do the porcelain work. We are newcomers, so we will do the work that newcomers should do.

Being able to play a role in Director Zhang's play is the biggest reward. "Yu Bo nodded.

Both of them knew very well that even if Zhang Yimou's "Hero" was released, it would directly exceed 100 million yuan.

But at least half of the credit belongs to Jet Li, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Manyu and others.

If he dares to use all new people for the second film, even if the audience has confidence in him, the final box office will definitely be greatly reduced.

"It doesn't matter. Just relax and focus on participation. Let Director Zhang and the others decide the rest." Yu Bo comforted.

"Yes." Chen Shuo nodded, started the car and left.

No matter how good they think, they can't make a decision for Zhang Yimou.

After sending Chen Shuo and Yu Bo away, Zhang Yimou and the others took a break and continued the discussion.

“Today’s conversation gave us a lot of inspiration.

Previously, we were using script language and lens language to describe the artistic conception we wanted to express.

This is what we are good at.

This makes us forget that the essence of movies is to tell stories.

Yu Bo and Chen Shuo do not have such deep artistic cultivation and pursuit.

So they looked at the script from a story perspective, an audience perspective, and an actor's perspective.

What they value is whether the story you tell is reasonable and good-looking, and how an actor needs to interpret the story.

This is something we have overlooked before.

Only when a story is told well can it be given connotation.

Only then can the ordinary audience express their approval after seeing the story.

It also allows professionals to see the connotation we want to express through this story.

In this way, it is the perfect integration of art and business. "