Entertainment: Starting from playing the role of the villain in the competition

At the same time, Shenzhou 'Zongding Tianxia' Entertainment Company entertained guests in the tea room.

"It's just been renovated, the smell of paint is a bit strong, please bear with me."

Wang Ding let in a man in his early fifties and explained with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay."

The man seemed very easy-going, with a smile on his face, he pulled up a chair and sat down.

Don't look at this person's ordinary appearance, he has no airs at all, he looks like a passerby on the street.

However, in the Chinese film industry, if this person is mentioned, it can be said that everyone knows everyone.

He is the leader of the sixth generation of directors in China, Jia Zhangke, who has won the Best Director Award at the International Film Festival many times.

When it comes to this director, no matter whether he is in the industry or not, he will give him a thumbs up and say he is a good director.

From "Xiao Wu", to later "The Good Man in Three Gorges", and then to "Children of Jianghu".

Jia Zhangke is using an independent film language that belongs only to him, telling ordinary people and extraordinary things in China.

[-] is different from the fifth-generation directors such as Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang. Jia Zhangke's films are not too focused on the word "commercial", but more inclined to literary films.

After all, he started his career with literary films.

And this has also led to Jia Zhangke's films becoming benchmark works in the film and television industry. There is even a saying that "produced by Jia Zhangke must be a boutique".

And Wu Zong's transformational work is not a commercial film, so it can be said that it is most appropriate to invite Jia Zhangke to be the director.

"Come on, have some tea."

Wang Ding signaled the secretary to pour tea for Jia Zhangke.

The purple sand teapot is paired with the silver-rimmed small tea bowl of Tianmu Kiln, making drinking tea a very high-standard thing

Wang Ding is worthy of being Xiang Huaxin's godson, and the way he treats guests with tea is simply striving for perfection.

Speaking of which, this tea room was only divided under Wang Ding's repeated request.

He is not used to discussing things in a serious and rigid conference room.

Jia Zhangke took the tea, took a sip, and nodded.

"Wang is always from Xiangjiang. This kind of grand hospitality is rare in the mainland."

"Director Jia has good eyesight. I had been working in Xiangjiang before, and I met A Zong by chance. That's why I came to the mainland to establish this company with him."

Jia Zhangke didn't know what Wang Ding was doing before.

Because it was Wu Zong who came looking for him.

In order to invite this great talent of the film festival, Wu Zong really took a lot of trouble.

He had never dealt with this director Jia at all, so he could only ask someone to invite Jia Zhangke through his contacts in the mainland.

He first found Mr. Huang, and then Mr. Huang found Mr. Zhou Xun, who had been with him for more than 20 years, and then through Mr. Zhou and Jia Zhangke, he only had a friendship, and then he invited the sixth-generation director. A leading figure, a great talent in literary and artistic films.

After going around in this circle, Wu Zong really lamented that China is a society of personal relationships after all, and many things can be easily solved when there are connections.

Jia Zhangke nodded.

"Wu Zong is indeed a good actor who can act. I have seen all of his works, and his acting skills are indeed far behind those of actors of the same age. It is no accident that he can achieve what he is today."

"Haha, that's why I followed him to the mainland."

Wang Ding laughed.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and they understood each other better, and Wang Ding took advantage of the opportunity to get to the point.

"Speaking of which, the one who met you today should be A Zong, but he is still in Xiangjiang, and he is busy presenting the film."

"It's okay, it's okay, I understand."

Jia Zhangke smiled and waved his hands, indicating that there is no problem.

"It is said that Jia Dao is approachable, today I can see him."

Wang Ding smiled, then picked up a thick stack of scripts from the tea table beside him, and handed them to Jia Zhangke.

"Although A Zong is not in the mainland, he did write the script himself."

"A Zong's original words are: Looking at all the directors in Huaxia from old to young, the only one who can produce the effect he wants is Mr. Jia Zhangke."

Jia Zhangke laughed loudly and waved his hands again and again.

"That made me so ashamed."

"Hey--"

Wang Ding waved his hand.

"This is not to give you a high hat. From another perspective, it also means that A Zong respects your artistic attainments."

Wang Ding has been in the shopping mall for many years, and he is with a business giant like Xiang Qiye, so he can say that he is very good at speaking and doing things.

Who doesn't like to be praised, Jia Zhangke was laughed at by Wang Ding.

"Well, that's fine. I don't have anything to do these days. I'll read the script when I get back, and then I'll get back to you as soon as possible."

"No hurry, no hurry,"

Wang Ding waved his hand, stood up and looked at his watch.

"The sky is big and the earth is big, and the meal is the biggest. You can put aside the script and so on for a while. It's almost noon now. Let's have a light meal with Director Jia."

"Then there is no need..."

Just as Jia Zhangke was about to resign, he was interrupted by Wang Ding.

"It's just a light meal. Director Jia can be invited here in his busy schedule, and if he doesn't stay for a meal, people will say that I, Wang Ding, don't understand the rules. If this is in our Xiangjiang, it is a big taboo."

Wang Ding talked half-jokingly, and at the same time pulled Jia Zhangke eagerly.

Is there anyone more skilled than Wang Ding in asking people to do things and asking people out for dinner?

How about Jia Zhangke, he can be regarded as a great director who has seen the world, and Wang Ding was taken aback...

In the final analysis, after all, one is engaged in art, and the other is specialized in human relationship, so the rank is not the same.

Therefore, in the end, Jia Zhangke was no match for Wang Ding's warm invitation. He flickered three times and five times, and was taken to a restaurant by Wang Ding for a 'light meal' in a daze.

Of course, the "light meal" that Wang Ding called, this one meal cost five figures.

Jia Zhangke was coaxed dizzy by Wang Ding, and took advantage of the situation to be dragged out by Wang Ding to enjoy some entertainment in Shenzhou.

Wang Ding's methods in this area are really superb, let alone Jia Zhangke, how about those high-ranking officials in Xiangjiang, except for those who are too high-ranking, he can't get in touch with him, and the rest of the officials in various fields and departments, which one did not let him Fudged.

A meal of singing and dancing.

Jia Zhangke woke up the next day, carefully recalled what happened yesterday, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

Good guy, what did I do with Mr. Wang Dingwang yesterday!

He has also lived half his life, and he has definitely seen a lot of markets, so he naturally knows that the various expenses yesterday will definitely not be less than six figures.

This is equivalent to changing the direction and owe Zongding Entertainment a favor!

This Wang Ding is really an incredible character!

I owed such an expensive favor in a daze, what should I do if Wu Zong's script is not good? !

Thinking of this, the sober Jia Zhangke's heart skipped a beat!

No matter how good Wu Zong's acting skills are, he is said to be a good actor.

As the saying goes, interlacing is like a mountain, how high can an actor and screenwriter be!

If it was a commercial film, Jia Zhangke might not be so worried.

But listening to Wang Ding's words, Jia Zhangke knew that what Wu Zong wrote was definitely not a commercial film!

Because he looked for him by name, so it must be a literary film or a feature film!

Regardless of whether it is a literary film or a feature film, the difficulty of screenwriting is much greater than that of a commercial film that pursues short, flat and refreshing!

Wu Zong is an actor, how could he write a good script!

It's not that he doesn't like Wu Zong, but because it's almost impossible!

Thinking of this, Jia Zhangke let out a long sigh, and fell down on the bed with a bang, regretting his ignorance yesterday.

But remorse is remorse, and after accepting other people's favors, there must be an explanation for things.

"Alas—" Jia Zhangke sighed, sat up again, took the script aside and said to himself: "I hope there is still room for revision, I hope it's not too bad..."

However, when he opened the cover of the script for the first time, the name of the movie caught his interest——

hello!Mr Tree.

Chapter 203

The name is a bit foreign.

At first, Jia Zhangke thought that Wu Zong was imitating some foreign art films, and created a film with the flavor of Western art films through secondary processing.

However, when he turned the first page of the script, this idea was completely overthrown.

Dirty gray snow fell on the dilapidated and backward low-rise bungalows, the 90s architectural style of the urban-rural junction street office, the big red slogan painted on the wall, and the muddy road coming, using Pickup trucks with loudspeakers broadcasting advertisements.

Although the various scene constructions did not strictly explain the background location of the story, Jia Zhangke clearly knew that this story took place in a rural area in northern China.

The backward, strong rural atmosphere instantly brought Jia Zhangke into the story.

The focus of the picture changes from big to small, and the auto repair department transformed from three dilapidated bungalows enters the picture.

Pulling past the gray wall sprayed with advertisements, the camera passes through the hole in the broken window, and in the form of a long shot, the picture is pulled into the auto repair department.

A greasy, unkempt car repair worker slowly got out of the repair hole under the van, his hands were half clenched in the air, and he didn't change his clothes immediately when he walked out of the repair hole , but after a short period of being at a loss, he walked to the workbench and took off his overalls that were covered with engine oil.

This is the protagonist of the movie - the tree.

"Have you fixed it for someone?"

Aside, the man who looked like a boss frowned and asked.

While taking off his overalls, Shu said in a rather complacent tone: "Che, you can let him drive."

Although, the tone of the tree reveals a lot of confidence and complacency.

However, his hands never fell down, as if he always held two glasses of water and never let them hang down. The whole person seemed complacent but at a loss.

A tree is such a person.

He seems to have always been so absent-minded, and his words are full of confidence, but his hands are always so nowhere to rest, just like him in the village.

Just for this first shot, two words flashed through Jia Zhangke's mind.

awkward.

Didn't do it, just awkward.

This kind of awkwardness does not come from mistakes in camera movement and scene setting, but entirely from the protagonist 'tree'.

This is a feeling that Wu Zong is secretly describing from every detail, and he deliberately set the characteristics of this character like this.

And this awkward feeling even made Jia Zhangke feel at a loss,

Moreover, just closing his eyes and passing through the script, Jia Zhangke clearly felt the real scene of the countryside.

"This Wu Zong..."

Jia Zhangke lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, secretly startled.

He has read too many scripts, and as the leader of Chinese literary and artistic films, he can see the quality of the whole movie just by reading the beginning.

genius.

Jia Zhangke sighed inwardly.

After sighing, Jia Zhangke finally let go of his heart.

To be able to write an intro of this quality, with the camera moves and scene cuts executed so smoothly, can only mean one thing.

That means Wu Zong really knows how to write scripts!