In September 1994, after half a year's rest, Zhang Yimou came up with a new filmmaking plan.

He took a fancy to Li Xiao's novel "Family Rules" and planned to adapt it into a movie.

After Xiang Nan read the novel, he recognized that it should be the movie "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge" directed by Zhang Yimou.

It was not a very successful work. Because the story was too weak, many story lines were not fully developed, and it ended hastily, making it feel top-heavy.

Moreover, the imitation traces of "The Godfather" are too heavy, the same betrayal, the same pursuit, the same refuge...

Zhang Yimou wanted to make a gangster epic film, but what was shown was just a few men competing for the throne of one woman. To be honest, the plot was too small.

However, Xiang Nan did not directly reject Zhang Yimou's plan. Instead, he agreed to him first and then proposed to help him write the script himself.

In fact, Li Xiao's novel still has a foundation. After all, he is the son of the famous writer Ba Jin. However, due to his lack of experience, everything is taken for granted. After careful adjustment, it can still be used.

Xiang Nan personally wrote the script, so Zhang Yimou naturally did not refuse.

After all, even Hollywood is rushing to use his scripts.

Xiang Nan then re-wrote a script based on the novel "The Rules of the House". He borrowed the narrative techniques from Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon".

The same thing is narrated from the perspectives of different characters, corroborating each other, and finally the answer is revealed and the truth is revealed. He believes that filming this way is much better than the straightforward narrative of the original version.

After Zhang Yimou read the script, he was very satisfied with it, so he made the decision.

In December, the film was officially shot in Zhouzhuang.

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When Feng Xiaogang saw that Zhang Yimou had made another movie, he couldn't help but feel itchy and applied to Xiang Nan that he also wanted to make a movie.

Xiang Nan didn't refuse and directly handed him a script.

Feng Xiaogang took it and took a look and saw four big words on the cover of the script - "Party A and Party B".

He read the script carefully again and found that the story of this script was a bit like "The Stubborn Lord" written by Wang Tie.

"Party A and Party B" tells the story of several unemployed young people who got together and opened a company called Good Dream One-Day Tour, which was responsible for helping people fulfill their wishes. In the end, they were forced to close down because they were not making money.

"The Stubborn Master" tells the story of three unemployed young people who got together and opened a 3t company, which also specialized in helping people solve their problems. In the end, they were forced to close down because of losing money.

It can be seen that there are a lot of overlapping elements between the two scripts. But having said that, in the creative field, it is very common for old wine to be put in new bottles.

For example, the overbearing president fell in love with me, which is actually a variation of Cinderella. In Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", the plot of a woman disguising herself as a man and falling in love with a woman was also used in the Korean drama "You Are Beautiful"...

...So hitting a bridge is not a big deal, it is very common in the entertainment industry.

Feng Xiaogang didn't worry too much. After reading the script, he immediately decided to make this movie.

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The four protagonists of "Party A and Party B", Yao Yuan, Zhou Beiyan, Qian Kang, Liang Zi, and Feng Xiaogang decided to use big stars.

Yao Yuan fell in love with Ge You, and Zhou Beiyan fell in love with Xu Fan. Feng Xiaogang filmed "Forever Lost My Love" and although it was a huge loss, he got close to the heroine Xu Fan.

In fact, Xu Fan was originally the girlfriend of the male protagonist Wang Zhiwen, but Wang Zhiwen was too chauvinistic and even drove Xu Fan out of the house. After the two had a falling out, Feng Xiaogang took advantage of it and took advantage.

Qian Kang is going to be played by Xiang Nan. With Xiang Nan's popularity, if he is willing to play this role, the box office will definitely be good. As for Liang Zi, he is going to ask Liang Tian to play. "I Love My Family" is currently on the air. Jia Zhixin, played by Liang Tian, ​​is a highlight.

In addition, as for the actors in each unit, he was also prepared to sacrifice his own face and invite big-name celebrities to guest star to create an all-star lineup. He didn't believe it, and the box office would not be profitable.

However, after Xiang Nan saw his cast, he rejected two of them directly. First, the heroine could not be Xu Fan, and he planned to use Yu Feihong instead.

During the filming of "Jade Goddess of Mercy", Yu Feihong was very close to him. But later when she learned that he had a wife and children, she began to keep a distance from him, so that he didn't even have time to get involved.

Xiang Nan didn't like this kind of giving up halfway, so he wanted to use Yu Feihong as the heroine. He would pursue her again, and if it really didn't work, he would give up.

In addition, he didn’t want to use Liang Tian for the role of Liang Zi. Of course Liang Tian is a good actor, but Ge You and Liang Tian are really too similar to "The Naughty Lord". After all, "The Naughty Lord" stars them and Zhang Guoli. of.

When the time comes, the media will hype up this matter and say that he plagiarized Wang Xie. Regardless of whether it is true or not, it will be a harm to Xiang Nan. So he insisted on not letting Liang Tian go.

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When the boss spoke, Feng Xiaogang could only endure it no matter how unhappy he was.

After all, his personal happiness is not as important as his boss's happiness.

Fortunately, Xu Fan can't be the heroine, but can also guest star as the big star.

As for the candidate to replace Liang Tian, ​​Feng Xiaogang really had no idea at the moment, "Master Cheng, if you don't want Liang Tian, ​​then who do you want? We in the mainland don't have many useful comedians."

It is said that a thousand lives are easy to come by, but an ugly one is hard to find. In the entertainment industry, there are many handsome young men, but there are not many actors who are good at comedy.

The reason why there are so many familiar faces in the language category of the Spring Festival Gala is because the newcomers can't handle it at all, and they can only rely on these veterans to support the ratings. The audience didn't realize this, and they scolded the veterans one after another, and in the end, they were replaced by newcomers The show is even worse.

"I do have a candidate." Xiang Nan smiled and pushed He Bing out.

He Bing is definitely regarded as one of the top actors in Mainland China. He has starred in the TV series "The Judge of the Song Dynasty", "White Deer Plain", "Twelve Citizens", "Love in the Courtyard", etc., and they are all well-known and good works.

Feng Xiaogang didn't know He Bing at this time, so he was confused when he heard this.

In the real world, he met He Bing because He Bing participated in the TV series "Love" directed by him. Although He Bing only played a small role, his performance still made Feng Xiaogang's eyes shine, so he later More cooperation.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan reminded him, "It's Hu San'er, Jia Zhixin's buddy in "I Love My Family". He opened a villa and started a business with him."

When Feng Xiaogang heard this, he suddenly understood.

Like Liang Zi, that character is also an unemployed young man who only knows how to talk. And He Bing's performance was so brilliant that he was originally only scheduled to play two episodes, but later he was forced to guest star in one more episode.

"It's him, then it's okay." Feng Xiaogang immediately smiled.

Xiang Nan nodded, "Also, if you want to invite any big names, just tell me and I will help you invite them."

"That would be great." Feng Xiaogang said happily after hearing this.
Chapter completed!