Since he decided to cooperate with Han Sanping, Lin Zixuan handed over the script and shooting plan of "Party A and Party B" to Han Sanping, and he would promote the progress of this matter.

Lin Zixuan does not expect Beijing Film Studio to contribute funds, as long as he can borrow their shooting equipment and behind-the-scenes staff.

This film only has 2 million yuan in funds, so you have to be careful. Since you need to cooperate, the resources of Beijing Film Studio are not in vain.

He understood that if Haomeng Company wants to grow and grow, it cannot rely solely on cooperating with film factories to make movies, but also gradually cultivate its own team. This is a long-term process.

In early March, Zhang Yimou returned from abroad.

After a year, the film "Alive" was finally completed. He wanted to show a show to see the audience's reaction, which was a private screening.

The location was chosen at his alma mater, Beijing Film Academy.

In the Film Academy, Zhang Yimou is a master of the great figure, and his films are repeatedly pondered by students in the photography and director departments.

As a representative of the fifth generation of directors, Zhang Yimou's films have an extremely strong personal style.

However, when the film "Alive" was screened at the Film Academy, two completely different views emerged among the students.

One view believes that this is Zhang Yimou's best work so far, and Zhang Yimou has broken through himself.

Another viewpoint believes that stories are good stories, but Zhang Yimou gave up on what he is best at and used the techniques he is not good at making movies. He was too eager to achieve success and took the wrong path.

"Living" is Zhang Yimou's transformation work and his ambition work.

He abandoned the previous photography style with great color and turned to traditional and simple shooting techniques. It can be said that this is a movie that is least like Zhang Yimou's movie, and no wonder it caused controversy.

Although students in the Film Academy praise Zhang Yimou, they also have their own thoughts on movies.

As a student in the director department, Lin Xiaoling watched "Alive" and came back to tell Lin Zixuan about the situation at school.

"The difference between that movie and the novel you wrote by brother is too big. It turned the tragedy into a satirical drama. My classmates and I both felt that the adaptation was not good and did not produce the essence of the original novel." Lin Xiaoling said dissatisfied.

"What do you know? If you really shoot according to the novel, this movie can still be expected to be released." Lin Zixuan said a lesson, "You will know when you make a movie in the future. There are too many things involved in it, and it is not enough to just focus on art."

"I don't think it's good anyway. Director Zhang's films used to have their own style. This film has no style, and it's a big deal about the photography and director departments." Lin Xiaoling insisted.

In the Film Academy, since Zhang Yimou graduated from the Department of Photography, the students in the Department of Photography are Zhang Yimou's hardcore, and the students in the Department of Directors are relatively calm.

However, this time, because Zhang Yimou abandoned his photography style, the students in the photography department were very hurt and they all turned against each other.

The students in the director department also had different opinions, and even some teachers from the film school found it difficult to understand.

Zhang Yimou's traditional shooting technique is similar to the fourth generation directors in China. He pays attention to plainness and nature and shows his skills in details.

It is only because of the rise of the fifth generation of directors that they advocate more personal style. This plain shooting technique has become the object of criticism in the film industry. Zhang Yimou's approach is naturally not understood.

Zhang Yimou listened to the opinions of the film school students, but he himself was a little confused.

He decided to show another screening to hear more people's opinions so that he could get more accurate information.

This time, the authors and performing artists from Beijing were invited, and he hoped that these peers could give their opinions.

Lin Zixuan, as the author of the original work, received an invitation and the screening was held in the auditorium of the Taipingzhuang Printing Factory, Beijing.

Most of the writers and performing artists in Beijing who received the invitation came to watch Zhang Yimou's new film. Since they knew the content of the story of "Living" in advance, everyone was very interested and wanted to see how Zhang Yimou filmed this story.

Lin Zixuan and Ge You came to the auditorium together and met many acquaintances.

It was very lively that night. In addition to writers and performing artists, there were also some students who came here. These students had no tickets and could only beg others to take them into the auditorium outside.

This shows Zhang Yimou's influence.

During the screening, audiences burst into laughter from time to time.

There are many ironic scenes in the movie, which show the protagonist's wealth, embarrassment and weirdness, which is indeed funny.

As Lin Xiaoling said, the novel "Living" is a tragedy, and the movie makes the tragedy absurd and produces laughter, which weakens the overall tragedy.

Two hours passed, the video was played, and everyone left one after another.

Without long applause or praise, these writers and performing artists obviously disagree with this movie. Some even told Lin Zixuan directly that your novel is well written and the film is too poorly filmed.

Lin Zixuan can only say that these writers probably don’t know how the movie was made.

Novels and movies are two different art forms. He thinks that from the perspective of movies, this movie is already very good.

At least there was a thought that made people keep watching, not too heavy. Ge You's performance was very good, and every psychological change was just right. This was a wonderful performance.

"Brother You, with this kind of performance, your pay can double." Lin Zixuan quipped on the way back.

"No, I didn't prepare enough this time, and I didn't have a good grasp of a few places." Ge You said modestly.

The next day, Zhang Yimou called Lin Zixuan to inquire about the situation.

He asked many people, but the result was not ideal. He didn't seem to expect to get so many negative comments.

Writers generally believe that the film is too literary. Even some directors think that Zhang Yimou failed this time and could not find the direction after giving up his own style.

"I think it's very good. The shooting technique matches the story very well." Lin Zixuan replied.

"You are right. You may think that my film uses the conventional shooting style, which looks like an old movie in the past, because it seems unthinkable in style. In their opinion, my movie is about to be unexpected in the image, and it is obviously because their thoughts are behind." Zhang Yimou explained on the phone.

It can be heard that he urgently needs to find someone to prove that his approach is right.

"The language of the movie is a means, and the most important thing is the performance content. This time I did the opposite and deliberately made a movie that looked quite stupid. This simple way of shooting is suitable for the style of the movie "Living". No matter how others say it is someone else's business, we must have confidence ourselves." Zhang Yimou continued.

At this time, Zhang Yimou didn't know that since the screening of "Alive", a complaint letter was sent to the General Administration and various propaganda departments.

These people think that "Living" has reactionary thoughts and ulterior motives. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!