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As one of the most influential directors in China, Director Fang Kaizhi is currently busy preparing for his new film.So after expressing congratulations to Lu Heng for moving to a new house and being admitted to university, Director Fang changed the subject and asked Lu Heng straight to the point if there was any schedule recently and if he was interested in taking on a new film?

Lu Heng's heart skipped a beat. He also heard the news that Director Fang was preparing a new work.It's just that recently he has to be busy with exams and buying a house for decoration, plus he has experienced too many things last year, one after another, pressing step by step, always makes Lu Heng feel exhausted out of breath.After the dust finally settled, both he and Wei Linxuan wanted to take a good rest, so they simply signaled the studio and China Emperor Entertainment to push back all the announcements and scripts for the past six months.

Although many production crews and variety shows in the circle want to pull Lu Heng out while the iron is hot, it is a pity that someone's reason for preparing for the college entrance examination is too strong, and his perseverance to take advantage of the opportunity is so firm that he cannot be shaken by a generous salary. It was the domestic and Hollywood production crews waving large checks and various lures and lures, but they failed to attract Lu Heng to join.

In addition to Lu Heng's determination to take a break, most of the crews who were willing to pay generous remuneration failed to come up with enough scripts to attract Lu Heng-this is not to say that the investment of those crews is not enough and the script is not good. The movie "Star Wars" broke the global box office record of "Shipwreck" in one fell swoop before it was released, and became the number one in the global box office chart. There is no doubt that the books that can be handed over to Lu Heng are all commercial blockbusters, with huge investment and superstars joining, and the remuneration paid to Lu Heng is all above 2000 million, and there are many Hollywood blockbusters among them.It's a pity that the roles played by Lu Heng are all "replicas of the East". With a slender figure, exquisite appearance and super high force value, the stereotyped works make Lu Heng not have a strong desire to take on the role.So pick and choose, until today.

Unexpectedly, an olive branch from director Fang Kaizhi came.

As the first film director that Lu Heng worked with when he stepped into the entertainment industry, Fang Kaizhi, who personally pulled Lu Heng out of a reality show and taught Lu Heng to act, has no doubts about Lu Heng's interest in acting. The kindness of knowing you.

Moreover, the two have collaborated more than once, from "Autumn Dew" to "Flower and Sword", from a young actor who just debuted to the best supporting actor at the Cannes Film Festival, it can be said that Lu Heng can have today's status, Fang The elders' tolerance, love and careful training are indispensable.

In Lu Heng's heart, Dao Fang's status is like a teacher like a father, and Lu Heng always treats Dao Fang with respect and a little bit of admiration.So when Director Fang asked him if he had a schedule, Lu Heng didn't even think about it, and blurted out: "Recently, I have been so idle that my bones itchy and my heart flustered. I heard that Director Fang is preparing a new play recently. I don't know if it is suitable for me. character of?"

Fang Kaizhi smiled when he heard the words, and asked with a smile: "You just agreed? Don't ask me what kind of movie I asked you to shoot? What role are you playing? How much is the salary? What if it doesn't suit you, or What should you do if it doesn’t conform to the route set by the company for you, and the box office is not so high after the movie is released, and the word of mouth is not so good?”

Lu Heng smiled nonchalantly, and said directly: "How could it be! Director Fang, you are the guarantee of the quality and conscience of our Huaxia movies. If I don't even believe you, then there is no one in the entire Huaxia entertainment circle that I can trust." .” As for the issue of remuneration, there is nothing to say.

To be honest, Lu Heng has always felt guilty for the other director because of his willful behavior during the filming of "Flower and Sword".Although the whole matter was resolved satisfactorily in the end, and even the film's box office and word-of-mouth awards were better than in his previous life, Lu Heng still had a bitter heart.He always felt that he had failed Fang Dao's high expectations, and let such a gentle and generous elder indulge his self-willedness that he could not express to anyone.

So this time, no matter what film Fang Kaizhi asked him to make, what role to play, what salary he would give, even if it was a small supporting role with zero salary, he would not refuse.And I will go all out to perform the film well, and I will never disappoint the expectations and love of the elderly.

Fang Kaizhi watched Lu Heng grow up, watching him gradually transform from a 14-year-old boy who just entered the industry into an international actor who is popular all over the world.In just four years, the former country kid has become a popular superstar worth over [-] million yuan.Times have changed, but the temperament that is integrated into the bones has not changed, and Chicheng's heart for treating people with this enthusiasm has never changed.

Fang Kai smiled heartily. He was very aware of Lu Heng's pure and kind nature under the seemingly impulsive and willful nature, so he never worried that Lu Heng would change because of too much lure of fame and fortune from the outside world.Some people have certain things that can always stand the test of worldly affairs, and can always understand human feelings without being worldly.This kind of quality is more precious than gold in the big dye vat entertainment industry.

So even though Lu Heng is really stubborn and nerve-wracking at times, Director Fang always treats this kid as his junior.It is because no matter where Lu Heng goes, his disposition is still that transparent and spiritual young man that Director Fang first met.

Although this is the truth that the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change, but it also needs more people's patient protection.Just like Xiao Wei and Huaxia Emperor Entertainment in the past, and just like Fang Kaizhi who always regarded Lu Heng as his grandson.

"Then I will not be polite." Fang Kaizhi directly introduced the situation of the crew to Lu Heng on the phone: "...the investment is huge, but most of the funds are spent on hardware, as you know, filming War scenes, costumes, props, and venues are very important, especially war scenes set in World War II. We still have a lot of locations to shoot abroad. These budgets cost about two-thirds of the crew’s funds, so the actors’ remuneration is so high. One piece, it may not be too high, at least I can be sure, I can't give it according to Hollywood standards. If you don't mind, we still pay according to the method of down payment plus box office share. As for the specific amount, I will let you The manager and the crew have discussed the finances."

Fang Kaizhi understood Lu Heng's temper very well, so he briefly mentioned the remuneration issue, but then introduced Lu Heng's new film with great interest——

"...is a film set in World War II..."

The protagonist of the story, Chen Zhongbai, was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine in China. However, Chen Zhongbai has never been interested in Chinese medicine since he was a child. He thinks that Chinese medicine is an unscientific method of quack medicine. Conjecture, on the contrary, is not as reassuring as Western medicine.Therefore, Chen Zhongbai sneered at Chinese medicine, but he was very fond of Western medicine.

In that era, especially in such a family, Chen Zhongbai's deviant thoughts and words angered the entire Huaxia Xinglin, and even his parents and family members reprimanded Chen Zhongbai for forgetting his ancestors.

But Chen Zhongbai's grandfather, Chen Yuandao, the most famous genius doctor in Xinglin in China, is very optimistic about his grandson's talent and has high hopes for him.In order to guide his grandson to learn Chinese medicine, old man Chen, who is sixty years old, put down his dignity and made a bet with Chen Zhongbai. As long as Chen Zhongbai can study hard and meet the requirements of the old man, Chen Yuandao will decide to send Chen Zhongbai to study in country Y. It is a real, all-round study. The so-called scientific western medicine.

In order to realize his ideal, Chen Zhongbai wished to study hard, and finally managed to be a teacher. After passing his grandfather's school examination, Chen Zhongbai traveled across the ocean to study in Y country, regardless of his family's persuasion.Unexpectedly, World War II broke out soon.Chen Zhongbai and all his classmates were sent to the battlefield...

Even if he didn't see the script with his own eyes, Lu Heng had a general understanding of the script just from Director Fang's description on the phone.

A simple young man who grew up in a family of Chinese medicine but respected Western medicine very much. In that precarious age, in that era of great changes that both conservative and trendy impacted people's thinking at the same time, he did not hesitate to go against the ardent expectations of his family in order to realize his ideals. He traveled all the way to Country Y to learn a new knowledge system.However, the outbreak of the war broke all the arrangements of the boy.

Conscripted into the army in a foreign country, under the fierce attack of artillery fire and bullets, he tried his best to survive the war and wanted to reunite with his family.

However, in fact, Chen Zhongbai was not only impacted by the threat of physical destruction.On the battlefield of bullets and bullets, many capricious people don't even have room for thinking.The comrades who were still smoking in the same trench one second were likely to be killed by bullets or bombs the next second, but the various medicines that are needed to maintain life have always been scarce items on the battlefield.

Even the most authoritative Western medicine in their minds cannot save dying comrades in difficult situations without equipment and medicines.Looking at his comrades who had hope to live, but had to be paralyzed and wait to die due to the shortage of medicines, Chen Zhongbai finally completely abandoned the prejudice of Chinese and Western medicine under the attack of artillery fire. He began to use acupuncture and moxibustion to stop the bleeding and diagnose the soldiers. Due to his illness, he began to try every means to find various herbs to delay the lives of the soldiers.

The gunfire of war is the baptism of life, and it is also the baptism of thought.Any narrow thinking is so small and insignificant in front of life...

War and peace, medical skills and heart, obviously, Director Fang's new work is another literary war film that wants to torture the depth and breadth of human nature.In short, it is probably another film that wants to hit the four major international film festivals.

After Fang Kaizhi directed "Autumn Dew White" and "Flower and Sword", two classic films that have won numerous awards in the world, he is still trying to launch an impact on the international film market, trying to pass on different elements of Chinese culture to the world. global audience.

But this time, Fang Kaizhi focused on the field of traditional Chinese medicine, which has been left in China for thousands of years and has left a valuable knowledge system, but has been neglected by international colleagues.

"The role of Chen Zhongbai is very complicated. In that turbulent era, the ancient and sleepy China endured the aggression of Western powers geographically, and also suffered the impact of Western culture ideologically. The turbulence of the country and the turmoil of personal thinking drove Chen Zhongbai The two most important internal and external factors for this character to continue to mature. Obviously, this role is not suitable for everyone. At least in my heart, the only actor who can play Chen Zhongbai and interpret this role is you, a brat gone."

Fang Kaizhi's praise of Lu Heng was based on comprehensive consideration of Lu Heng's age, acting skills and international popularity.

As Fang Kaizhi said, this is a movie with a very special theme.For a long time, there have never been many domestic war films with the theme of the Anti-Japanese War, but there are only a handful of war films with World War II as the background.It is obvious that the ambition of this script is to target the global market, and judging from the content of the entire script, this is also a strong male lead drama.Because of the subject matter, the heroine in this movie is simply a bordered vase.

If an ordinary person were to play the role of Chen Zhongbai, not to mention whether he was competent in terms of age and acting skills, it would be difficult to satisfy the international audience's acceptance and box office appeal alone.

However, the investment of the entire film determines that investors and producers must consider the issue of cost recovery.This requires that the leading actor must have the necessary acting skills and strength, and he must not be too old, and his temperament must include the classical elegance of Chinese medicine and the sharpness of the West.

So when Fang Kaizhi got the book, the only thought that came to mind was to let Lu Heng play Chen Zhongbai.

Fang Kaizhi even felt that this movie was tailor-made for Lu Heng.Except for Lu Heng, probably there is no actor of the same age in China who can have both acting skills and global influence as the leading actor.

On the other end of the phone, Director Fang Kaizhi said with a smile, "Boy, are you ready for a new challenge? This film is very special, even I am not sure about it. Don't think that you are immersed in the glory of the past. We can interpret this role well, and if we are not careful, we may encounter Waterloo."

Lu Heng smiled slightly, and said with a pun: "Even if we encounter Waterloo, we are still victors!"