1978 Synthetic Writers - Chapter 483: Angry
1978 Synthetic Writers
Chapter 483: AngryChapter 483: AngrySeeing Bertolucci's frustrated look at the moment, Jiang Xian shrugged helplessly.
"Director Bei, if you don't want to use my script, that's fine."
"I can quit right now with my script, but you have to pay me my salary."
"I"
Bertolucci felt as if he had been stabbed again.
His fingers were trembling slightly, and his other hand was covering his chest. His whole face looked as ugly as a pig liver.
"How could I possibly give up this script at this moment?!"
Jiang Xian and the translator were shocked again when they saw him like this.
"Director Bei, are you okay?"
"Take a breath first, and then we'll continue."
"No need." Bertolucci waved his hand, a look of dejection flashing across his face. "I won't give up your script. What you said actually makes sense. If I can't break away from my previous shooting habits, I will never be able to achieve a breakthrough in shooting."
"That's right, just think it through. After all, aren't we all doing this for the good of the movie?" Jiang Xian smiled and used the most traditional CPU method in the country "for your own good."
"Ugh."
Bertolucci had never seen such a thing before. He was confused by the CPU and thought Jiang Xian's words were particularly pleasant to the ear.
After all, aren't we all here for the movie "The Last Emperor"?"Mr. Jiang"
Bertolucci took a deep breath and sat up again.
It's strange to say, but they say there's no acquaintance without fighting, and this is very true. After experiencing such a dispute with Jiang Xian, Bertolucci felt that his relationship with Jiang Xian had suddenly become much closer.
“I should understand that your point of view is correct and your judgment is correct.
I have made many movies and have won many honors, but I know what people in Hollywood say about me behind my back, saying that my scripts are second-rate and that the lines I write are awkward and stupid.So when it comes to scripts, I'm not qualified to give you any advice based on my level.
What's more, the script you gave me is so excellent!
From the very beginning, I expected that the story of "The Last Emperor" would be rather bland and boring, because so many historical facts had already happened, so it had to follow the traces of what had happened, and there was a lack of creative space.
Our film is mainly about interpretation and restoration, and then giving the fairest possible judgment.
But in such a limited creative space, the script you created could be so vivid, which surprised me."
Bertolucci's previous state shocked Jiang Xian and the translator, but this time it was different. His tone was quite gentle, his attitude was very gentle, and he was very approachable.
Jiang Xian didn't take Bertolucci's words to heart.
We are all gay!
Besides, they came all the way to China to make a movie, and he made them so angry. If anything happens to them, it will be an external incident. Even if others don't hold him responsible, Jiang Xian will still feel bad.
"Director Bei, the reason why I don't want you to spend too much time on the role of Wanrong is because I actually have some other ideas for the role of Wanrong."
"Another idea."
Bertolucci murmured, his eyes lighted up again, and he looked at Jiang Xian, "So, you have some unique insights into the role of Wanrong that you added to the script?"
"Correct."
Jiang Xian said: "It's not just Wanrong, there's also Wenxiu. These two characters should actually be viewed together as a control group.
After Wenxiu followed Puyi to Tianjin, she first began to doubt her own identity. Later, she realized the illusory nature of imperial power, so she decisively chose to give up her identity as an imperial concubine and leave Puyi.
In the rain, she felt the long-lost freedom, so she said "I don't need it", which on the one hand refers to the umbrella given to her by the servant, and on the other hand means that she does not need the vanity brought to her by her status as a royal concubine.
Wenxiu got rid of the shackles of imperial power early and gained freedom in the rain.
In comparison, Wanrong is the representative of someone who was deeply trapped in various temptations and was destroyed step by step.
I think Wanrong and Puyi are very similar, both are people trapped by their own desires.
Wanrong and Puyi had sexual problems, so she chose to smoke opium and have an affair, and also had physical relations with her enemy, Yoshiko Kawashima.
She actually knew that the temptations of Yoshiko Kawashima and imperial power were like opium. Although they could bring temporary pleasure to herself and Puyi, they would eventually destroy them.
But Wanrong hated them but couldn't leave them, so she ended up heading towards a tragic end step by step.
Of course, this is also a microcosm of Puyi's first half of his life. This is what is called "desire drives people to destruction." "
Ok?Bertolucci narrowed his eyes.
Why didn't you tell me earlier? !
If the character of Wanrong is interpreted from this perspective, the quality of the movie will indeed be raised several levels.
It was far superior to what he had imagined behind the bed curtains.
"At the same time, Wanrong is actually a microcosm."
Jiang Xian then added, "On the issue of Puyi's cooperation with Japan, Wanrong firmly opposed it but had no choice, and then she became addicted to opium. The whole country became addicted to opium because there was no choice. This was the helplessness of the Chinese people at that time.
Therefore, Wanrong represents the epitome of the Chinese people at that time.
At the end, Wanrong appeared and spit everywhere, which also represents the national anger and historical attitude of the Chinese people. "
awesome!Bertolucci felt that his mood was like riding a roller coaster, sometimes at the top, sometimes falling to the bottom, and now climbing to the highest point again.
He looked at Jiang Xian with mixed feelings. He loved and hated finding such a screenwriter.
I love him because Jiang Xian is truly talented. Not only does he write scripts quickly, but the quality is also top-notch, especially in his handling of plot details.
What does a film’s grand narrative need most?depth!
Jiang Xian's layers of metaphors and hints suddenly make the depth of the movie "The Last Emperor" unfathomable.
Of course, Bertolucci is no fool.
Jiang Xian finally said that he wanted to express the Chinese people’s national anger and historical attitude through Wanrong. This is obviously his own personal opinion in the script as a Chinese.
But Bertolucci had to admit it.
His private goods are so well-made!This hint is equivalent to the screenwriter Jiang Xian for Bertolucci. It makes him feel uncomfortable, but he can't let it go.
After a heated debate, Jiang Xian and Bertolucci continued to communicate on the script.
Of course, Bertolucci's limitations could not be directly changed, and he had some disputes with Jiang Xian because he wanted to make some small changes in some parts of the script.
What surprised the translator was that Jiang Xian was determined to stick to his principles at every turn, and he would not yield even when Bertolucci was furious.
And the strangest thing is that every time Jiang Xian could explain the rationality and necessity of his arrangement, leaving Bertolucci speechless.
The translator couldn't help but recall a report he read some time ago in which Jiang Xian debated with a room full of top critics at a literary seminar over his novel "Ordinary World".
Just by looking at the text in the report, he couldn't imagine what the scene was like.
Just like if you have only read the novel of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" but have not watched the TV series, you will not think that "Debate with Scholars" is so wonderful and Zhuge Liang is so glorious. However, after watching "It seems that the old illness has relapsed" in the TV series, you can realize how talented and heroic he is.
It's the same now.
If you only read the reports, you wouldn't think it's such a great thing for Jiang Xian to debate with a group of critics alone.
However, after seeing how Jiang Xian was completely obedient to Bertolucci today, the translator suddenly realized what a "breathtaking" scene this was.
"Why is it already light?"
Jiang Xian stretched lazily, he didn't even realize that he had been chatting with Bertolucci about the script for the entire night.
"Ouch."
As soon as Bertolucci saw the dawn, he felt extremely irritated.
Not only did I not get a rest for a whole night, but I also felt like I, as a director, had been humiliated by Jiang Xian the whole night.
Until now, there has been no way to make a comeback.
"Let's go downstairs and spend the morning together." Jiang Xian said.
"Too early?"
Bertolucci took a deep breath.
I can’t eat it!I'm so angry!"I'm going back to bed first."
"I won't eat either."
The translator waved his hand and said, "I've been up all night. I'd better go back to my room to rest and catch up on some sleep. Comrade Jiang Xian, you should also take a rest."
Although he said he was going back to his room to rest, Bertolucci was still a little unwilling in his heart. While Jiang Xian was seeing him off, he continued to talk about his thoughts on the movie.
Jiang Xian was so sleepy that he responded to Bertolucci's words perfunctorily, and then he heard a shout from behind him.
"Who is Mr. Jiang Xian?"
He turned around and saw that it was the hotel staff, "It's me, what's wrong?"
"Ms. Zhu Lin said she came to see you."
"Lin ZHU?"
When he heard that his wife was coming, Jiang Xian's sleepy face broke into a smile, "Well, I can't rest anymore, my wife is here."
"Your wife?"
Bertolucci was also surprised and said to the hotel staff, "Please ask her to come to this gentleman's room."
Ordinary people are not allowed to enter foreign-related hotels, but Bertolucci has a special status, so all departments gave him the green light when it came to filming his movies. Of course, arrangements had already been made for the Jianguo Hotel.
Moreover, today's Jianguo Hotel can be said to be Bertolucci's world, because half of the people living here are staff members of Bertolucci's crew.
This is not an exaggeration. This time when Bertolucci came to China, he brought a team of 100 Italians, 20 British and 30 translators.
This number is more than ten times the number of people in any film crew in the country today.
And this was only in the preparation stage. The number of crew members would be even more exaggerated after the actual shooting started. It is said that there was a 50-person makeup team trained by the Italian side in the dressing room of Beijing Film Academy. They did nothing but braid the hair of 2000 officers and soldiers in the coronation ceremony.
2200 pounds of hair alone were used.
The task of these people was to braid the hair of 2000 people who played officers and soldiers within two hours.
There was no such thing as extras at this time. The 2000 people were just soldiers stationed nearby, who were transferred here by the authorities. Each of them had his head shaved and was paid 30 yuan in the end.
Jiang Xian did not wait in the room, but followed the staff downstairs to the hotel.
"Jiang Xian!"
As soon as Zhu Lin saw him, she threw herself into her husband's arms.
During this period, because he was writing the script for "The Last Emperor", Jiang Xian spent most of his time in his room at the Jianguo Hotel and had not been home for more than a week.
The couple was intimate for a while, and Jiang Xian finally had time to ask Zhu Lin.
"Why are you here?"
"It was Huacheng who called home. It was Su Chen, asking about your new manuscript. It sounded like he wanted to make an appointment with you.
I said you were not at home, and they were very anxious over there, calling you every day. I was afraid of delaying things, so I just came to deliver a letter to you and come to see you by the way. "
Before this, when Su Chen went to Jiang Xian's home to invite him to attend the "Ordinary World" seminar, he asked Jiang Xian indirectly if he had any new manuscripts.
Jiang Xian was also generous and told him at the time that he did have a new manuscript and was thinking of submitting it to Huacheng.
But Su Chen was shy at the time. He felt that since he had already invited Jiang Xian to the seminar, it would be a bit too shameless to ask for the manuscript again.
Now, "The Ordinary World" has been published in "Huacheng", but the effect after the publication is very mediocre, far from meeting "Huacheng"'s expectations for this novel.
They held a seminar specifically for this novel, and of course they hope that the novel can achieve good sales results.
After the first shot failed, Su Chen naturally started to think about the new manuscript that Jiang Xian mentioned.
"I know about this. Come back to my room with me first. I will write a letter to Huacheng later and you can mail it to them for me."
"Row."
Jiang Xian took Zhu Lin to the elevator. Zhu Lin looked around at the mysterious scene in the foreign-related hotel. She was just curious and didn't think it was anything new. After all, she had been to the United States and had seen more modern hotels.
"Is this your wife?"
Jiang Xian didn't expect that Bertolucci and the translator were still standing at the door of his room and did not go back to his room to rest.
"Let me introduce you. This is the director, Mr. Bertolucci, and this is the translator, Comrade Gong Haoxiang."
"This is my love, Zhu Lin."
Jiang Xian made an introduction, but Bertolucci didn't react much, but the translator Gong Haoxiang was very excited.
"Comrade Zhu Lin, I never thought I would have the chance to meet you today. I am your fan!"
Gong Haoxiang expressed his admiration and appreciation for Zhu Lin, and explained his words to Bertolucci, telling him that Zhu Lin is a film actor and a very famous actress in China.
"So that's it."
Kissing on the cheek is a popular greeting in Italy, but Bertolucci did his homework before coming to China and knew that this was a very presumptuous way of greeting in China, so he just simply shook hands with Zhu Lin.
Then, looking at this oriental beauty, an idea suddenly emerged in my mind.
"Miss Zhu Lin, are you interested in our movie?"
(End of this chapter)