In the north of Liuli Bridge in Fengtai, there is a compound covering an area of ​​392.1 acres, which is the Bayi Factory.
It is twice the size of Beijing Film Studio.
Bayi Film Studio has a very good relationship with Beijing Film Studio. Wang Yang even participated in the preparations for the establishment of Bayi Film Studio. Directors and actors from Beijing Film Studio often film for Bayi Film Studio.
Later, a movie called "Xu Mao and His Daughters" crashed, and the two families insisted on filming without letting anyone give in. From this, an unprecedented double-yolked movie was born: the same title, the same content, released at the same time.
The ones from Beijing Film Studio are even better.
"Didi!"
As the van drove in, Chen Qi looked at this unfamiliar unit. His first impression was that it was neat and tidy. The buildings, roads, and greening were all planned like barracks, with square blocks. There were many people coming and going, most of them wearing military uniforms.
All of them have tall and straight postures.
The Bayi Factory is subordinate to the General Political Department and has too many classics.
"Tunnel Warfare", "Mine Warfare", "Linhai Snowfield", "Shining Red Star", "The Final Battle", "The Big Turning", etc. At the beginning of the new century, commercialization attempts were made, and a movie "Out of the Amazon" was filmed. Hou Yong
Starring, but unfortunately the results were not good.
Later, it merged with the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe, Drama Troupe, etc. to form the People's Liberation Army Cultural and Art Center, but the name of the Bayi Factory was still used for filming.
Huang Hong was the factory director.
"This is it!"
The car stopped under a building. The accompanying staff from the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and the Film Bureau came down first, followed by Chen Qi and Tsui Hark, who were going to meet a deputy director.
Several people went upstairs, walked through the long corridor, and met a person.
Tsui Hark didn't pay attention at first. When he got closer, he was startled. He turned to look at Chen Qi. The guy had a very strange expression. He seemed to pause for two seconds before he took the initiative to say hello: "Comrade Gu Yue!"
"Oh, are you Comrade Chen Qi?"
Gu Yue recognized it, smiled, came forward to shake hands, and said: "Hello, hello, I didn't expect to meet here. Are you here to discuss cooperation?"
"There is a play that we need to talk about. Are you busy too?"
"Yes, the factory is preparing a new play. You should be busy first."
The two exchanged some polite words, and Gu Yue left. They had never met before, but they had heard about each other because Gong Xue, as Chen Qi's overseas representative, was very familiar with actors from other factories.
Tsui Hark whispered: "He is...why does he look so similar?"
"Special actor."
"No wonder, the accent just doesn't sound the same."
"You still know the accent?" Chen Qi was surprised.
"I've watched a lot of things, and I like "Taking the Tiger Mountain"!" Tsui Hark said.
"He is not from Hunan. He doesn't need to speak Hunan dialect in normal times. He just changed it when filming."
Gu Yue's surname was Hu, an orphan of a martyr. In 1949, he was rescued from the Guilin orphanage by the People's Liberation Army that was marching south. The army became his home from then on. Later, he worked in the Propaganda Section of the Kunming Military Region and was appointed by Hua Shuai in 1978.
A special type of actor.
Taking apart the surname Hu, the stage name is Gu Yue.
After an interlude, several people came to an office and met the deputy director and some creative and technical staff in the factory. They had received help from Bayi Factory when filming "Life is Beautiful", and Chen Qi was not included.
stranger.
"We helped the Guangxi studio film "The Battle of Taierzhuang". Li Zongren's son heard the news from somewhere and said that he was coming back to visit relatives and wanted to watch the movie."
"Isn't the film finished yet?"
"Yes, but it's hard to refuse. We are going to rush to produce a sample film. We understand the Taierzhuang victory. In addition to Li Zongren, this film also has a somewhat positive portrayal of Chiang Kai-shek..."
"ha!"
"Hey, don't laugh. At least Chiang Kai-shek has boosted morale."
The deputy director paused and asked: "Comrade Chen Qi, I heard that you have launched a spy scheme in Taiwan. What is the situation now? Will it be effective if "The Battle of Taierzhuang" is screened in Hong Kong?"
"..."
Chen Qi understood what he wanted to ask and said seriously: "Taiwan hates me very, very much, and would kill me. What I mean is that this is only for me personally, and I am a small person and cannot affect the overall situation.
They will definitely be able to capture the political message conveyed in "The Battle of Taierzhuang".
As for their reaction, they are still dealing with the Jiangnan matter. The United States has a new statement, which puts them under great pressure and may cause changes."
"Oh, that's it..."
The deputy director nodded and chatted for a long time before getting into the topic of "Black Man".
The synopsis of the plot was first told, and everyone was very excited: "We don't know how to make entertainment films, and you are an expert. The country trusts you and makes you take responsibility, and we also trust you. Anyway, there are Nazis and little devils inside, so it must be okay."
"Haha, that's right! The villains in my films are usually little devils." Chen Qile said.
Then, Tsui Hark talked about his needs.
He is a demonstrator and has poor verbal expression skills, but he couldn't demonstrate "Dark Man", so he had to take out his drawings, and everyone looked at them ambiguously.
Check out the correct version one by one!
"Okay, okay, let me do it!"
Chen Qi thought for a while and said: "Our final climax scene is when the protagonist goes straight to Huanglong and destroys the base of the Japanese criminal gang, which is also the Asian branch of the Nazi organization.
The specifics haven't been determined yet, I'm just talking about this concept, such as the base being in the desert, or on a snowy mountain, or on a small island.
The protagonist and his gang take a plane and appear by parachuting.
First of all, we need a plane and powerful soldiers as stand-ins. We can shoot the scene of them jumping out of the plane, the scene of their parachutes opening like clouds, and the shot of a few little people in the air from a long shot.
Or the background is majestic snow-capped mountains, and a few people are galloping on the horizon.
Or military jeeps galloping in the desert, bombarding with all kinds of heavy firepower, or even blowing up a building with one cannon, directly blowing up a base... We want to create such an effect, not the thousands of cannons in war movies.
Instead of marching with large troops, the scale is reduced to make the scene more exciting and thrilling."
"Have you reached the stage of filming this kind of movie?" Everyone in Bayi Studio was shocked.
"We don't know if it can be realized, so we are looking for you to study it."
"..."
The deputy director was lost in thought, and Tsui Hark watched eagerly with great anticipation.
It seemed like a long time passed before they said: "Okay! The comrades in Hong Kong have spoken, and we must help! Besides, you are also fighting against the Japanese. You have not violated the creative spirit of our Bayi Factory. We will do our best to achieve the results you want."
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"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much!"
Tsui Hark suddenly became excited and didn't know what to say. Chen Qi also thanked him repeatedly.
Arrange specific contacts and work immediately. For example, Tsui Hark would personally go to deserts, snowy mountains, and small islands to select locations, and then study the equipment and technology to see if it can be shot.
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Until they came out, Lao Xu was still very excited.
No director in Hong Kong can get such an opportunity to lead such a drama. Those people are still filming salty, wet shit and farts, market jokes, freshly released social jokes...
"Will you come with me to choose a scene?" he asked.
"What do you think? My wife is about to give birth, why should I wait for the warm spring on the top of the snow-capped mountains?"
Chen Qi said angrily: "Don't come to me for specific work. You are the director, go and do your work. If you have any questions, come to me."
(No more...)
Chapter completed!