In September 1994, after half a year's rest, Zhang Yimou came up with a new filmmaking plan.
He took a fancy to Li Xiao's "The Rules" and planned to adapt it into a movie.
After watching it, Xiang Nan recognized that it should be the movie "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge" directed by Zhang Yimou.
It was not a very successful work. Because the story is too weak, many story lines were not fully developed and ended hastily, making it feel top-heavy.
Moreover, the imitation traces of "The Godfather" are too heavy, the same betrayal, the same pursuit, the same refuge...
Zhang Yimou wanted to make a gangster epic film, but what was shown was just a few men competing for the favor of a woman. To be honest, the layout is too small.
However, Xiang Nan did not directly reject Zhang Yimou's plan. Instead, he agreed to him first and then proposed to help him write the script himself.
In fact, Li Xiao still has a solid foundation. After all, he is the son of the famous writer Ba Jin. It's just that he doesn't have enough experience, so he takes everything for granted. After careful conditioning, it is still usable.
Xiang Nan personally wrote the screenplay, so Zhang Yimou naturally did not refuse.
After all, even Hollywood is rushing to use his scripts.
Xiang Nan then re-wrote a script based on "The Rules". He borrowed the narrative techniques from Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon".
The same thing is told from the perspectives of different characters, corroborating each other, and finally the answer is revealed and the truth is revealed. He believes that filming this way is much better than the straightforward narrative of the original version.
After Zhang Yimou read the script, he was very satisfied, so he made the decision.
In December, the film was officially shot in Zhouzhuang.
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When Feng Xiaogang saw that Zhang Yimou had made another movie, he couldn't help but feel itchy and applied to Xiang Nan that he also wanted to make a movie.
Xiang Nan didn't refuse and directly handed him a script.
Feng Xiaogang took it and took a look and saw four big words on the cover of the script - "Party A and Party B".
He read the script carefully again and found that the story of this script was a bit like "The Stubborn Lord" written by Wang Tie.
"Party A and Party B" tells the story of several unemployed young people who got together and opened a company called Good Dream One-Day Tour, which is responsible for helping people fulfill their wishes. Eventually, it was forced to close down because it was not making money.
"The Stubborn Master" tells the story of three unemployed young people who got together and opened a 3t company, which also specializes in helping people solve their problems. In the end, it was forced to close down due to loss of money.
It can be seen that the two scripts have many overlapping elements. But having said that, in the creative field, it is very common for old wine to be put in new bottles.
For example, the domineering president fell in love with me, which is actually a variation of Cinderella. In Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", the plot of a woman disguising herself as a man and falling in love with a woman was also used in the Korean drama "You Are Beautiful"... So hitting a bridge is not a big deal, in the entertainment industry it is Very common.
Feng Xiaogang didn't worry too much. After reading the script, he immediately decided to make this movie.
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The four protagonists of "Party A and Party B" are Yao Yuan, Zhou Beiyan, Qian Kang, Liang Zi, and Feng Xiaogang decided to use all big stars.
Yao Yuan settled on Ge You, and Zhou Beiyan settled on Xu Fan. Feng Xiaogang made a huge loss when filming "My Love Will Never Be Lost", but he got close to the heroine Xu Fan.
In fact, Xu Fan was originally the girlfriend of the leading actor Wang Zhiwen, but Wang Zhiwen was too chauvinistic and even kicked Xu Fan out of the house. After the two had a falling out, Feng Xiaogang took advantage of the situation and took advantage.
Qian Kang is going to let Xiang Nan play the role. With Xiang Nan's popularity, if he is willing to play this role, he will definitely lose the box office. As for Liang Zi, he plans to find Liang Tian to play the role. "I Love My Family" is currently on the air, and Jia Zhixin, played by Liang Tian, is a highlight.
In addition, as for the actors in each unit, he is also prepared to sacrifice his own face and invite big-name celebrities to make guest appearances to create an all-star lineup. If he doesn't believe it, the box office won't rise.
However, after Xiang Nan saw his cast, he rejected both of them directly. First, the heroine cannot be Xu Fan, he plans to use Yu Feihong instead.
When filming "Jade Guanyin", Yu Feihong had a very close relationship with him. But later, after learning that he already had a wife and children, she began to keep her distance from him, so that he didn't even have time to take action.
Xiang Nan didn't like this kind of giving up halfway, so he wanted to use Yu Feihong as the heroine. Chase her again, and if it really doesn't work, give up again.
In addition, he did not want to use Liang Tian for the role of Liang Zi. Of course Liang Tian is a good actor, but Ge You and Liang Tian look too much like "The Naughty Lord". After all, "The Naughty Lord" starred them and Zhang Guoli.
When the time comes, the media will hype up this matter and say that he plagiarized Wang Xie. Regardless of whether it is true or not, it will be a harm to Xiang Nan. So he insisted on not wanting Liang Tian.
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When the boss spoke, Feng Xiaogang could only endure it no matter how unhappy he was.
After all, his personal happiness is not as important as his boss's happiness.
Fortunately, Xu Fan can't be the heroine, but can also guest star as the big star.
As for the candidate to replace Liang Tian, Feng Xiaogang really had no idea at the moment, "Master Cheng, if you don't want Liang Tian, then who do you want? We in the mainland don't have many useful comedians."
It is said that a thousand lives are easy to gain, but an ugly thing is hard to find. In the entertainment industry, there are many handsome young men, but there are not many actors who are good at comedy.
The reason why there are so many familiar faces in the language category of the Spring Festival Gala is because newcomers simply cannot handle it and can only rely on these veterans to support the ratings. The audience didn't realize this and scolded the veterans one after another. As a result, the show was replaced with a newcomer's show and it was even worse.
"I do have a candidate." Xiang Nan smiled and pushed He Bing out.
He Bing is definitely regarded as one of the top actors in Mainland China. He has starred in the TV series "The Judge of the Song Dynasty", "White Deer Plain", "Twelve Citizens", "Love in the Courtyard", etc., all of which are well-known and good works.
Feng Xiaogang didn't know He Bing at this time, so he was confused when he heard it.
In the real world, he met He Bing because He Bing participated in the TV series "Love" directed by him. Although He Bing only played a small role, his performance still made Feng Xiaogang's eyes shine, so he later had more cooperation.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan reminded him, "It's Hu San'er, Jia Zhixin's buddy in "I Love My Family". The one who opened a villa and a business with him."
When Feng Xiaogang heard this, he suddenly understood.
That character, like Liang Zi, is also an unemployed young man who only knows how to talk. And He Bing's performance was so outstanding that he was originally only scheduled to appear in two episodes, but later he was forced to guest star in one more episode.
"It's him, then it's okay." Feng Xiaogang immediately smiled.
Xiang Nan nodded, "Also, if you want to invite any big names, just tell them and I will help you invite them."
"That would be great." Feng Xiaogang said happily after hearing this.
His connections are far behind Xiang Nan. If Xiang Nan opens his mouth, no matter how big a star he is, he will probably have to come over obediently.
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