"Okay, I won't talk about the awards. Anyway, the movie has been filmed, and the quality is there. Whether you can win the award is destined by heaven. Let's talk about the new work." Xia Tian waved his hand again, "Do you have any new plans this year?"

"I have found some scripts, but I haven't found a suitable one." Zhang Yimou frowned and shook his head when he heard Xia Tian ask about this.

In fact, he had already finished filming "The Big Red Lantern" in the first half of the year. In the second half of the year, he was also preparing for new scripts while doing the late stage of the movie.

But to his disappointment, although he collected many scripts, none of them could touch his heart and inspire his creative vision.

Although in the eyes of others, those scripts are already very good. He always feels that those scripts are not well written, especially compared with Xia Tian’s, which is beyond the reach. Therefore, he has not had a new creation plan for more than half a year and has been looking for better scripts.

"There are so many writers in the mainland, so many books and so many scripts every year, and there is really no one suitable one?" Xia Tian asked in confusion when he saw him like this.

To be honest, in the 1980s and 1990s, there were still a group of outstanding writers in the mainland, such as Wang Yu, Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Jia Pingwa, Mo Yan, Lu Yao, etc.

Their works are full of humanistic care, artistic and ideological qualities, and they are not inferior in terms of popularity and influence.

Unlike the mainland writers in the new century, most of them have been corrupted by money and are focused on looking forward. Don’t say that they have any humanistic concerns, they are simply leading people to the evil path.

For example, a writer who became famous by plagiarism was filled with materialism and hedonism between his Chinese lines. Many of his readers are young students who are not well-versed in the world. It is difficult for them to not be affected after reading this kind of work.

"There are also good works, but the adaptation is quite difficult, and I am still considering it at the moment." Zhang Yimou nodded and said.

To be honest, he had a few movies in his eyes. However, it was more difficult to change it into a movie than imagined. Because it was an abstract art, movies were concrete art. The transition from abstract to concrete is really as difficult as God created the world from nothingness.

"Let's do this, I've thought of a story recently. Listen to see if it's okay?" Xia Tian said when he saw him like this.

"Mr. Xia, please speak!" Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, and he immediately listened to him with a stern voice.

In fact, because he has not found a good script in the past six months, he has long wanted to ask Xia Tian for help. However, he only dares to think about this idea in his mind, but he dares not really call Xia Tian.

Because Zhang Yimou knew in his heart that although Xia Tian had always been very polite to him, he was a kind person and approachable person. In fact, his status was much higher than that of him.

He has done the best in his life, that is, an international director. Xia Tian is now an international director, and he is also a world-class rich man and a Hollywood top entertainment tycoon... There are a lot of titles. If he really asks for scripts from others, he will really not treat himself as an outsider and be arrogant.

So although he had this idea, he never dared to mention it to Xia Tian. Unexpectedly, Xia Tian took the initiative to mention this matter, which made him overjoyed.

"The name of my story is "Ju Dou". "Xia Tian said, "It is about Yang Jinshan, the dyeing shop owner in a small town, who married a young girl Ju Dou, who passed on the family line..."

In his previous life, "Ju Dou" was also Zhang Yimou's work, and it was the first Chinese film to be shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, which is of great significance.

According to the timeline, Zhang Yimou should have been filming this movie this year. However, judging from his answer, the movie has obviously not started yet. Since that is the case, Xia Tian simply reminded him so that he would not miss this good movie.

Xia Tian told the story of "Ju Dou": Yang Jinshan, the dyeing shop owner, married Ju Dou as his wife and wanted her to help her inherit the family line. However, because he had physical defects and could not do anything at all, he could only vent by ravaging Ju Dou. Yang Jinshan's nephew Yang Tianqing saw it and gave him deep sympathy for Ju Dou, and eventually had sex with her.

Judou became pregnant and gave birth to his son Tianbai. When Tianbai grew up, he heard rumors about his mother and Tianqing, and hated Tianqing to death. Judou was completely lost and burned the dyeing workshop to white ground with a fire...

In fact, this story is not complicated. It tells the entanglement between three generations and four people in the family, but it is full of Greek tragedy power and full of dramatic tension.

Therefore, as soon as Xia Tian finished speaking, Zhang Yimou's eyes lit up and he thought this story was really great.

"Mr. Xia, this story is really great." He couldn't help but praise, "After all, it's Mr. Xia, it's unusual to take action."

"Don't praise me, if you think it's suitable, just take it." Xia Tian waved his hand and smiled.

"It's so good to use it." Zhang Yimou nodded quickly.

"Since you think it's suitable, then that's it. In my opinion, the heroine is still Ms. Gong, and as for the male actor, you will arrange it yourself." Xia Tian then said, "But try to choose our own people in Tianxia Film."

In the original version, Yang Tianqing is played by Li Baotian, who is the old actor in series such as "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", "The Miracle Doctor Xilai Le", and "The Legend of Wang Baochang".

Li Baotian and Zhang Yimou have collaborated with three works, namely "Ju Dou", "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge" and "Speak Well If You Have Something". His acting skills are naturally excellent, and he is considered top-notch among many mainland artists.

However, he is not a member of Tianxia Film now, so Xia Tian hopes that Zhang Yimou will give priority to his own people first. If it really doesn't work, he has no objection to choosing Li Baotian.

"Okay, I understand." Zhang Yimou nodded.

He also understood the principle that the wealth of water does not flow from outsiders. Xia Tian has set up an agency in Beijing, signed a group of artists, and paid a considerable salary every month. If they were not allowed to film, wouldn’t it be useless to support them?

Gong Li was very happy to see Xia Tian arrange for her to play the heroine again. To be honest, she didn't know how to distinguish the quality of the story "Ju Dou", but she was always very confident in Xia Tian and believed in his talent and strength.
Chapter completed!