At the end of March, Italian filmmaker Mark Muller came to the capital, and Lin Zixuan and Jiang Wen received him.

This person has lived in China for a few years, and there is no gap between language and life. The snacks in the capital are very good for his appetite.

This time he came not only to watch the filming process of "Spring in a Small Town", but also to understand the current situation of the Chinese film industry and the films being filmed by famous directors in China.

If these films meet the selection requirements of the Venice Film Festival, he will recommend them to the festival's organizing committee.

During his time in Beijing, Mark Muller would communicate with domestic filmmakers, including Zhang Yimou and others.

He was very interested in the new film Jiang Wen was preparing. He spent time reading the first draft of "Xu Sanguan's Blood Selling Record" and was deeply touched by the survival power displayed by individuals in the story in the face of social hardships.

Xu Sanguan is not a hero in the traditional sense, but a little person with various problems.

He has no great ability, and his only way is to maintain the normal operation of his family by selling blood. In the face of repeated difficulties, he insisted on not falling down.

According to Mark Muller's understanding, this story has a humanitarian sentiment.

At this time, the Italian version of "Living" had been released. Mark Muller felt that "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" was a powerful story like "Living", describing the struggle and compromise between small characters and destiny.

He had expectations for Jiang Wen and Ge You to come to film this film.

Not only is he willing to introduce European investors, he also promised to recommend this video to the Venice Film Festival organizing committee next year, provided that the film can be finished on time.

Jiang Wen was thinking about attracting investment everywhere, and he was more inclined to funds from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

European investors' chambers of investment urged him to follow the shooting plan, and Hong Kong and Taiwan investors would discuss it better, so that he would have greater freedom and the right to edit the final film when shooting.

Jiang Wen and Ge You discussed this script, and Jiang Wen’s requirement for Ge You is that he cannot act like Fugui in "Living".

In other words, Ge You wanted to interpret the role of Xu Sanguan in a different way.

There should be new content and not let the audience feel that it is repeating it.

Jiang Wen and Zhang Yimou are different in directing methods. Jiang Wen himself is an actor and he has higher requirements for the actor's performance methods.

Although Zhang Yimou has also acted in the opera, he is a photography major and has not been able to guide actors in acting. He has made more demands to let actors perform.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou often cooperates with actors with rich acting experience and rarely uses non-professional actors as the protagonists.

This is a big challenge for Ge You. The role of Fugui in "Living" is a pinnacle of his acting career. Now he wants to abandon his previous performances and reshape the characters.

If the role of Xu Sanguan can be successfully portrayed, it will be a major breakthrough and he will not be far from the artist.

Ge You made three years of New Year's filming, and the media and experts followed suit and regretted it for three years, believing that Ge You should turn back as soon as possible and not waste his acting talent.

Ge You himself felt that if he made another New Year's film, he would be sorry for everyone's expectations, so he should make an art film as soon as possible.

In fact, the audience still hopes that Ge You can make comedy films. After all, most viewers really don’t like to watch art films like "Living".

Now that he has the book "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", Ge You has worked hard to act well, and has been thinking about it. Even in order to experience the feeling of selling blood, he even wants to try to draw blood in the hospital.

Especially in the script, Xu Sanguan sold blood four times a month in order to save his son and almost died.

This is not easy to grasp.

Ge You's idea was persuaded by Sister He. Sister He was a little unhappy about this and complained to Mu Shanshan a few times, saying that acting should not cost your life.

So Ge You changed his approach and chatted with people who had experienced selling blood.

After the conversation, we will combine our own performance experience to simulate that state.

At this time, the system of voluntary blood donation has not been implemented in China, and blood donation is not promoted enough. It is generally believed that blood is the essence of the human body, and blood drawing is harmful to the body and is not beneficial to the body.

Not to mention rural areas, even urban people rarely have the idea of ​​donating blood voluntarily.

Everyone’s living standards are not high, and they usually think about how to replenish blood, so they are naturally unwilling to donate blood.

This led to a blood shortage in the hospital, which gave birth to a blood-selling industrial chain. As an intermediary, the blood dealer organized the blood sellers to sell blood to the hospital and make huge profits from it.

This is a very common phenomenon in the country, and some economically underdeveloped areas are even selling their blood.

It has been reported in the news media, but it cannot be banned at all. This is a complex social problem.

Not to mention that there is no law to prohibit private blood transactions, even if there are legal provisions, it is difficult to eradicate this industrial chain.

"Xu Sanguan's Blood Selling Record" reflects this social phenomenon more realistically, but only the story is examined in a broader historical context, thus giving rise to a touching power.

There will be many scenes of selling blood in this script. Each time you face different situations, Ge You's performance will be different.

For example, Xu Sanguan sold blood for the first time out of curiosity. In order to prove that he had met his body, the second time he sold blood was because his son injured the blacksmith's son, and the third time he sold blood was to please the female worker he liked.

Later, he sold blood in order to have no food at home, to entertain the captain of the production team, to save his sick son, etc.

Some are willing, some are helpless, and some are trying hard. Every time they sell blood, there are different reasons, so there will be different emotions and reactions when selling blood.

This extremely tests the actor's acting ability.

Don’t look at it just selling blood again and again, and the helplessness of life and social changes are reflected in it.

Ge You must grasp these emotions, and cannot rely solely on his own thinking. He also has to feel the joys, sorrows, sorrows, and ups and downs of these people by chatting with blood-selling people.

There are also some small details in life.

For example, after Xu Sanguan sold blood and had money in his hand, he would go to Shengli Restaurant to order a plate of fried pork liver and two taels of rice wine.

This is not only to replenish blood, but also to reward himself. When he was eating pork liver and drinking rice wine, he felt a little satisfied and felt that he had supported the family.

Ge You and Lin Zixuan will discuss the details in the script, what state should this character be in this situation.

As for the heroine of this drama, Jiang Wen has not yet confirmed that since he wants to take the international route, he must choose an influential actress in the international film industry.

However, this is equivalent to a one-man show by Ge You. The actress has few scenes and not many outstanding features.

It's not too late to wait until the script passes review and gets invested. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!