When Zhang Yimou heard Xia Tian say this, he suddenly realized.

To be honest, if he has not been rich, he naturally does not understand the survival rules of the rich.

Now that he heard Xia Tian say this, he suddenly felt enlightened. He felt that listening to your words was better than reading ten years of books.

...

"Director Chen, stop drinking, be happier." After Xia Tian persuaded Zhang Yimou, he found Chen Kai and said.

Chen Kaige was only shortlisted for the final main competition unit this time, but he failed to win a single award. Moreover, the media's evaluation of his works is also polarized, far less than Xia Tian's "The Silence of the Lambs" and Zhang Yimou's "Jupou".

As the saying goes, people compare people with others, they will be so angry. Xia Tian has no plans to compare, because he knows that Xia Tian is much higher than him in terms of status and fame, so he has to accept it.

But now even Zhang Yimou surpassed him, which made him a little unbearable. You know, when he was a director, Zhang Yimou was just a photographer.

But now, Zhang Yimou not only won the award at the Berlin Film Festival, but also won the award at the Cannes Film Festival. In the three major European film festivals, they won the Venetian Film Festival.

In comparison, he himself didn't even touch the edges of the three major film festivals. How could Chen Kaige swallow this? So at the beginning of the celebration banquet, he drank glass after glass, like a rotten alcoholic.

"Mr. Xia, don't worry about me. I'm fine, I'll drink." Chen Kaige immediately pretended to be calm when he heard Xia Tian say this.

When Xia Tian heard this, he smiled, "It's better to be more at ease, after all, your body is yours."

"Thank you Mr. Xia for your concern." Chen Kaige nodded and put down his glass.

"Director Chen, don't blame me for being straightforward. In fact, you failed to win the award this time, and the responsibility is not on you." Xia Tian smiled again.

Chen Kaige was stunned and felt a pain in his heart. To be honest, he was most annoying about someone mentioning this matter now, and he felt that he was exposing his scars.

"Mr. Xia, what do you mean?" he asked with a gloomy face.

"You failed to win the prize this time mainly because you didn't find a good story." Xia Tian smiled.

Chen Kaige's "Singing While Walking" has a simple storyline. It is a blind child who learns the piano from his master. The master tells him that after he breaks a thousand strings, his eyes will be able to regain light.

The blind child kept playing the piano every day, from a young man to an old age. The villagers called him a god and asked him about various things. If there were any conflicts, he would ask him to make a judgment.

The god of god took in a blind disciple named Shi Tou, and taught him to play the piano like himself. Shi Tou fell in love with the village girl Lan Xiu, but was found by the villagers and beaten. Lan Xiu thought that it was better to die than the pain of love, so she killed herself.

The god finally broke a thousand strings, and then he took out the prescription from the piano box and went to the medicine shop to buy medicine, but the prescription was a piece of white paper. In despair, he swallowed his last breath.

After the death of the god of god, stone was once again presented to the altar by the villagers and became the next god of god...

This story is full of fables, and Chen Kaige's expression techniques are very obscure, so it is difficult for the judges to understand. It is not easy for the audience to appreciate. It is a movie with white spring and snow, high music and few songs.

Therefore, although this is a good film, it is not very popular to interpret, so the vote rate is not high.

In comparison, in Xia Tian’s “The Silence of the Lambs” and Zhang Yimou’s “Jupitou” at least have an easy-to-understand story, which makes it much easier for the judges and audiences to watch.

...

When Chen Kaige heard Xia Tian say this, he was stunned.

To be honest, he thought of all the reasons for his failure to win the prize.

He once thought that the judges of this class were not good, that the opponents were too powerful this time, that he and Zhang Yimou both came from the mainland, and that the judges of Cannes may not want to favor one country too much, so they gave his award to Zhang Yimou.

He also wondered if the actors didn't choose the right one, should he choose a beautiful girl like Gong Li and Lin Qingxia, rather than a small local girl like Xu Qing...

But he didn't expect this section of the story, because the screenwriter of "Walking and Singing" was himself, and he thought that the story was written well, full of fables and philosophical wisdom. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it is the most thoughtful story in China in the past decade.

"Mr. Xia, do you think my story is not good?" He widened his eyes, looked at Xia Tian, ​​and said in great resentment.

"Of course not. To be honest, your story is very well written, it is simply a condensation of China's long history for five thousand years." Xia Tian waved his hand.

Seeing that he commented on his movies like this, Chen Kaige nodded with satisfaction, "Then why did you say that I didn't find a good story?"

"Because you forgot an old saying, "The spring and snow are white, the songs are high and the songs are low." Your story is too high and most people cannot understand it at all, so it is naturally difficult to give you a very fair evaluation of this work.

Just like Van Gogh's works, each piece is a classic in art history, but people at that time could not understand it at all, so Van Gogh died in poverty." Xia Tian smiled.

When Chen Kaige heard Xia Tian say this, he blinked his eyes and then nodded. He felt that Xia Tian was saying something reasonable, and Chen Kaige was quite proud of his heart when he heard Xia Tian compare him to Van Gogh.

"Mr. Xia, what should I do?" Chen Kaige asked curiously.

"I think you need a good story that is easy to understand but full of profound meanings, so that people can truly discover your talent." Xia Tian smiled again.

When Chen Kaige heard this, he nodded, "But such a story is not easy to find, right?"

"I happen to have a good story. If you think it's good, you can take it to shoot it." Xia Tian smiled again.

"Oh?! Mr. Xia, please tell me." Chen Kaige nodded immediately. He knew that Xia Tian's story was well written, especially the movie Mulholland Road, which almost made him dizzy.

"This story is like this. During the Republic of China, Xiao Douzi, who was only nine years old, was sent to the Guan Family Opera Team by his mother who was a kiln sister to learn opera..." Xia Tian said slowly, telling the story of "Farewell My Concubine" to Chen Kaige.

"Farewell My Concubine" is a classic in Chinese film history and is even known as the highest peak of Chinese films. Originally, this movie was not intended to be handed over to Chen Kaige to direct.

Because anyone who directs such a good movie may become famous. Tianxia Entertainment is not without directors, nor is it that no one can direct this movie.

However, after careful consideration, Xia Tian was still preparing to hand over the movie to Chen Kaige.

First, because the theme of this movie is too sensitive, it was almost banned in the past life and was not released in the mainland. If he arranged for the director of Tianxia Entertainment to film, it would probably cause a storm;

Second, although Chen Kaige has few classic works, he is actually very good at making achievements in the mainland film industry and is considered an outstanding person among the fifth generation of directors.

So, instead of giving this movie to others, it is better to hand it over to Chen Kaige to direct it.
Chapter completed!