my movie universe

Chapter 88 [Film History Transcript] (two-in-one)

Wednesday, September 29.

Chen An deliberately changed into a decent suit and went to BJ. Today is the day of recording "Film History Transcript". He arrived at the backstage of the program studio at three o'clock in the afternoon. While he was putting on makeup and reading the script, several figures opened the door and walked away. After entering, Chen An immediately smiled when he saw the person coming, motioned for the makeup artist to pause, then got up and stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Sister Meng."

The visitor's name is Meng Ling, a female host in her 40s. She is a bit fat and has short black hair. Her face looks kind and well-maintained, and she can still vaguely see the charm of her youth.

"Hi Director Chen, nice to meet you." Meng Ling smiled and shook hands with Chen An, without putting on airs of a senior at all, her attitude was kind and enthusiastic.

"No, Sister Meng, I can't afford it. Just call me by my name. I grew up watching Sister Meng's show." Chen An waved his hands and smiled, feeling excited about meeting his idol.

I can vaguely remember when I was twelve or thirteen years old and stood in front of the TV watching "The History of Film". At that time, Meng Ling was still young, witty, talkative, youthful and beautiful. In the depths, I still faintly liked this big sister, and even dreamed once when I was young and mature...

Those were all memories of his youth, and of course he doesn't have any thoughts now, but the endless memories of "History of Shadows" at that time will always remain in his mind.

Meng Ling pursed her lips, sighed intentionally, and said, "Hey, I just can't hear this now that I'm old..."

Chen An held back a smile and apologized, "I'm sorry."

Meng Ling waved her hands and smiled, and said, "Okay, it's okay, I feel good when I see you young and promising directors, which means that we have successors in China's film industry."

Chen An smiled and said nothing, Meng Ling said interestedly: "Are you not modest?"

Chen An was taken aback, then smiled and said, "I think I'm still a human being."

"Pfft."

Meng Ling couldn't help laughing. She never expected to hear such an answer. In the past few decades, she had met countless young and talented directors. Some of them were modest and some were confident when facing the question just now. , and some said they would strive for that goal, but no one ever answered in such a humorous way.

Although it is humorous, it also shows his self-confidence, and it will not make people think that he is arrogant.

At this moment, she was really interested in Chen An.

"Have you read all the manuscripts? Are there any issues that need attention?"

"No, I can do both."

"Okay, then I'm looking forward to the interview later." Meng Ling said meaningfully. She didn't plan to talk too much now, otherwise it would be boring to record the program later.

"Okay." Chen An nodded and smiled, sending Meng Ling away before returning to her seat to continue putting on makeup. Even if this woman doesn't talk about her connections and status, her decades of interview records have made a huge contribution to the film industry. worthy of his respect.

Respecting those worthy predecessors on the way forward is the virtue of China since ancient times.

After more than ten minutes, the recording of the program officially started. It was not the kind of bright interview hall, but in a venue similar to a theater. There was even a big screen in front of them. The lights in the theater were turned off, and only one A beam of chasing light came down to illuminate the surroundings of Chen An and Meng Ling.

"3, 2, 1, start!"

With the start, Chen An had a strange feeling. In the past, he sat in front of the monitor and watched people perform. He was the one who controlled the crew, but now he has become the one who is controlled. It feels like he has come to someone else's territory. of not adapting.

"Hello Director Chen, welcome to "Notes on Film History""

Meng Ling, who was sitting next to Chen An, stretched out her hand to Chen An. Chen An overcame some discomfort, and also smiled and stretched out her hand to shake Meng Ling: "Hello, sister Meng Ling."

Meng Ling smiled softly: "How does it feel to come to "Film History"?"

"There is a sense of... entering history." Chen An said after considering it for a while. This is true. The "History of Film" program has existed for nearly 20 years, and there have been many ups and downs in the past 20 years. I don't know how many well-known directors and actors , producers, etc. have been on this program, recorded by film history, and witnessed their growth, this program is a piece of history.

"But it's great."

In the picture, the handsome Chen An smiled freely.

"Looks like you like our show?"

"Of course." Chen An nodded, looked at Meng Ling and said, "I've been watching this show since I was about ten years old. At that time, I couldn't miss it for a few years."

"Ten years old?" Meng Ling was stunned, and then asked funnyly: "At the age of ten, shouldn't you be watching cartoons? Why do you like our show?"

Chen An smiled embarrassedly: "Because at that time I wanted to make the cartoon into a live-action version."

Meng Ling laughed, and Chen An continued: "Because my father is a director, I was taught by him to use DV and other tools to record videos since I was a child, and he also taught me. That's when my interest in being a director sprouted. "

"No wonder there is such an idea, so do you still want to make cartoons into live-action versions?"

Chen An smiled: "I will make my own cartoon."

Meng Ling praised: "Well said."

Even if the opening here is over, Meng Ling gets to the point: "We found out that you graduated from the Directing Department of Shanghai Opera. At that time, you also won the short film award. How did you feel at that time?"

"Well... I became famous at a young age, and I was full of vigor. Standing on the podium at that time, I told myself with certainty that I would definitely become a great director in the next ten years, a top director in China." Chen An recalled, and then He laughed again: "Everyone will know about it later."

His smile is a bit self-deprecating, and it is easy to become famous when he is young. At that time, he was really sure that he would succeed, and then he chose to shoot a blockbuster with an investment of nearly [-] million for the first film. There were only three human actors in the whole film, two One is the hero's parents, and the other is the hero.

Then it's all birds.

He wanted to restore the most authentic aspects of the myth, including the ancient land, rare animals, birds with different personalities, and young people with dreams of founding a country, a fantasy story full of imagination.

That work won the most imaginative award at the film festival, and then it became a dog, and the later "Lion Camel Ridge" was even worse and didn't even win an award. Now he thinks it is bad when he looks at it, and it is regarded as black history .

But it's okay, which director doesn't have a bad movie?

Meng Ling also smiled, and then asked: "How did you feel during the time when "Shaohao Kingdom" and "Shituoling" failed?"

"pain."

Chen An did not hesitate to use the word pain to describe it, and then slowly added a few words: "suffering, confusion, and even despair about the future because of doubts about oneself."

Meng Ling didn't interfere, but looked at Chen An lovingly and asked him to continue talking.

"When the project of "Shaohao Kingdom" was first initiated, I was actually full of confidence. I thought that movie fans would definitely like this kind of fantasy and imaginative work. But later, the results told me the truth. It has no depth and not too much. There are so many exciting elements. It is really like a cartoon. There are all kinds of novel birds and plants in it, but that’s it. You can’t understand the logic of many of the protagonist’s actions, such as why he built a bird. country."

Chen An said this with a smile. In fact, he felt very complicated. He was relieved, but also a little unwilling, because he really put a lot of effort into this movie. He consulted a lot of information to present a prehistoric fantasy world. in front of the audience.

Authentic Chinese mythology!The mystery of breaking through the imagination was his biggest motivation to make that movie, but it's so naive to think about it now.

"I was intoxicated in my own fairy tale world, but I forgot that everyone has grown up."

When Chen An said this with a smile, Meng Ling suddenly felt a little distressed. The feeling of turning around and finding that everyone had grown up was indeed a bit uncomfortable.

"So you made a change."

"Well, that's why I made an awkward film like "Lion Camel Ridge", which is indeed a bad film." Chen An admitted with a smile.

"I wanted to make a film with depth according to my own ideas, but the failure of the last film made me awkwardly want commercial elements, so the final result is what is presented to everyone. This is my most failed work, and also It was after the failure of this movie that I completely lost confidence in myself." Chen An smiled, but a layer of tears quietly filled his eyes.

As if realizing that his emotions were out of control, Chen An lowered his head, and when he raised his head again, there was already a gentle smile on his face. He looked at Meng Ling and apologized with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry."

He didn't know whether it was because of the environment or some words and emotions had been held back in his heart for a long time, and he completely opened his heart here.

"It doesn't matter, I can feel your pain during that time." Meng Ling looked at Chen An and smiled softly. Her eyes were full of love and affection for Chen An, with a power to soothe people's hearts.

After a while she said, "Then how did you get through it?"

"Let's suddenly realize it one day." Chen An said with a smile. He is not going to tell the story of his suicide here. people ridiculed.

At this time, he had already calmed down his emotions. After all, for adults, as long as it is not a particularly big deal, even if the emotions occasionally get out of control, they will be quickly controlled with strong self-control.

"I decided not to worry about it anymore. I don't care about the depth, I don't think about the ideas or the significance to the film industry. I just want to move closer to commercial movies. I want box office."

When he said this, Chen An's expression became serious, even a little cold.

In truth, he had already died the night he committed suicide, but not physically.

Meng Ling was a little surprised when she heard this: "Have you really decided?"

Dare to say this in front of this program, she can already imagine how much criticism and controversy it will cause Chen An when it is broadcast.

"Think clearly, because if there is no box office, I will completely lose the right to dream." Chen An said calmly.

Meng Ling was silent, savoring this sentence carefully, she could feel the struggle and pain hidden in this sentence, perhaps this decision was the most cruel for Chen An, because it was a bloody reality.

She sighed and said, "I know."

After saying this, she turned to the camera and said: "I hope that the fans or friends who see this will not have too much controversy or attack on this section. Everyone has different choices and perceptions at different stages of life. Everyone must adapt to the times and local conditions, and cannot generalize. The world should have different ideas."

Chen An was taken aback for a moment, and then his heart was filled with emotion. This passage will calm down a lot of controversy and anger for him.

"Thank you, Sister Meng." Chen An sincerely thanked her.

"It's okay, let's continue." Meng Ling smiled gently and said, "Then you chose to shoot "Slumber" because of this idea? Why did you go back to the depth when you waited for "Actor"?"

"When filming "Sleep", I did use a lot of commercial elements, including the script I also made a lot of revisions, but "Actor" was actually not like this at the beginning. At the beginning, only Huang Wen was the leading actor, but later I Joined Lin Tian's line."

Chen An's meaning is obvious, joining the role of Lin Tian is for commercial considerations!If there is no such role as Lin Tian, ​​how could the box office of this movie reach 15 billion?

Meng Ling nodded: "So that's the case."

"Well, this script still retains some of my previous ideas and connotations, so it has more depth, but my next work will not be like this, and will be completely close to commercial." Chen An said resolutely, which also represented him. Determination.

He knew that if he spoke softly there wouldn't be too much backlash or attack, but he didn't like it, that's what he really thought.

Now he would rather be a sharp sword that stings people's eyes than accept the mediocrity that no one cares about!
I!want!Bundle!electricity!film!Yu!universe!push!Towards!World!boundary! !

Do!business!Industry!electricity!film!Of!king! !

This is his determination! !

Meng Ling's gaze towards Chen An changed several times, and finally she sighed and smiled and blessed: "I wish you success."

"Definitely!" Chen An said firmly.

Meng Ling sighed at the enthusiasm of young people, and then asked: "Then what type is your new movie? Can you tell us about it?"

Chen An smiled and nodded: "Of course."

Come here to promote the new movie, of course.

"It's called "The King of Flame", and it's also a movie born out of mythology, but it may not be the same as the ancient mythology in everyone's impression, but a story that happened in modern times, so I classify it as fantasy."

"Modern? Do you mean that modernity is intertwined with mythology? Similar to "Ao Bing"?"

Ao Bing is the story of the third prince of the Dragon King who was reborn in the modern city and continued to fight with the reincarnation of Nezha.

After pondering for a moment, Chen An said: "There are some similarities, but they are not the same. My protagonist is not a character in fairy tales..."

The two had a conversation about the new movie, and then asked Chen An to talk about his views on the current film industry and future prospects, etc. Chen An naturally picked up good things to say, and he is not a fool. , I have to show everyone a show that criticizes the society and cut itself off from the people...

In the end, the program team gave him a surprise. The big screen lit up, and the DV video he took when he was a child appeared on it. The video was shaky and unstable. The image inside was a helpless young version of Chen Yu, He said to the camera: "Okay, Xiao An'an, how many times do you want me to act?"

A childish voice came: "Don't talk! You laughed just now! I started recording, so hurry up and confess to your mother again!"

Chen An smiled, his eyes full of memories.

"I've performed five times! Is it because you didn't shoot well?"

"It's not me! It's just that you didn't act well! And my mother laughed too!"

"Okay, I'll go, you take a good shot."

"kindness!"

Then the young version of Chen Yu turned around and walked towards the kitchen, and the camera that seemed to only reach Chen Yu's thigh also followed step by step, and in the kitchen, Chen Yu said to Huang Ping who was cooking: "Honey, just cooperate, This little guy is going to cry."

"Oh, come on, let's make a mess of cooking. Come on, An'an, you have to take a better picture of your mother."

"En! Mom is the most beautiful!"

"It's so cute~ come, come, come."

"Oh! My wife, I love you so much!"

"Pfft, what kind of broken lines did this brat write?"

"He is watching a stage play recently, hurry up, don't wait to come again."

"Okay, oh, my husband, I love you so much too!"

The two looked at each other, Qiqi couldn't hold back anymore: "Pfft..."

"Oh!! Dad! Mom!!"

"Okay, come here, my baby is safe, give me a hug~"

The camera shook for a while, and the family of three were laughing and laughing very warmly. Chen An was smiling all the time, and when the picture on the screen ended, Chen An shook his head with a smile, and said embarrassedly: "I didn't expect them to even keep this with..."

"The staff of our program group told us that there are many such clips in your home, nearly two hundred recorded clips, and this is just one of them."

Chen An smiled, but after laughing, his expression gradually calmed down.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chen An smiled and shook his head. He did have some feelings. The parents in the camera were so young and bright. Thinking back to their presbyopia and gray hair on the temples, how could he not feel and feel uncomfortable?But this need not be said.

Meng Ling smiled and did not force Chen An, and said: "In this case, this is the end of our "Film History Record" issue. I wish Director Chen can realize your dream in the future."

"Part of my wish has come true."

"Huh? What is it?"

"One day I will be able to sit here as a director and be interviewed by Sister Meng."

Meng Ling laughed dumbly, and said after a while: "Then I wish you a bigger dream come true."

"Thank you."

Chen An stood up and shook hands with her. This issue of "Film History Transcript" was officially concluded, and it became an important archaeological proof for Chen An's fans in the future.

After saying goodbye to Meng Ling with a smile, Chen An called Chen Yu's phone number, and the voice that came from there completely destroyed some of Chen An's emotions.

"Chicken!"

"What's the matter son?"

"Hey, touch!"

"Son? Talk?"

Chen An was silent for a moment, then said quietly: "Dad, I found that you have become ugly."

"Huh? What did the brat say, your father and I..."

"Beep beep..."

After hanging up the phone, Chen An walked out refreshed.

Next, it's time to embark on the journey wholeheartedly!

Mythical universe!I am coming!

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