I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 142 "It has become an art!"

The third brother walked along the shore with a pale face, watching the boat on the lake carrying Jingqiu farther and farther away.

Jingqiu already knew that Lao San had leukemia, and she wanted to give her body to him, but after the two of them felt for each other, Lao San finally gave up.

The two of them whispered all night.

Jingqiu had already reached the other side, and she was waving at the third brother while crying.

The third brother tried hard to catch up. They didn't speak to each other and walked along the lake looking at each other.

Sad background music started playing at this time.

The third brother's slightly sickly face appeared on the big screen. His lips were a little cracked. He looked at Jingqiu reluctantly, looking back at him every three steps, and tears fell as he looked at her.

The third brother was actually more sad than Jingqiu. With tears in his eyes and his teeth chattering, he tried hard not to cry out loud.

Perhaps, this is the last time in his life that he sees the woman he loves.

He wanted to see her so much, to keep her in his heart.

Stretching out his hand, the third brother moved his lips and made a gesture as if he was hugging Jingqiu tightly.

At this moment, the tears could no longer be stopped and flowed down my eyes like a dam bursting.

The audience all felt the same way. The female audience members were sobbing and the male audience members had red eyes. They were touched by the relationship between Lao San and Jing Qiu.

Even now, the third brother still said nothing. He just watched Jingqiu disappear from his sight step by step.

He endured it all by himself.

Standing in the hugging posture lasted for more than a minute, and it seemed to have become a kind of art.

"..."

Quentin also wiped his eyes.

He admitted that Zhang Yimou had certain abilities and could make a scumbag like him cry.

Was there really such touching love in China at that time?
Everyone can guess the ending.

"I am Jingqiu~~"

"I am Jingqiu~~~"

"Didn't you promise me that you would come back as soon as you heard my name?"

As Jingqiu cried uncontrollably, the dying Third Brother had a tear slide down his eye. At the same time, his fingers moved slightly and the whites of his eyes twitched. Everyone understood his hint.

A photo of him and Jingqiu was fixed on the ceiling.

He wanted to take one last look before he died.

At the end of the shot, it was frozen on this photo of the two of them laughing.

At that time, the two of them were smiling sweetly, but now the sadness was flowing like a river.

[I can’t wait for you for a year and a month, nor can I wait until you are twenty-five years old, but I... will wait for you forever! ]

This is the last thing the Third Brother wanted to say to Jingqiu.

He passed away anyway, and according to his will, his ashes were buried under the hawthorn tree.

[He insisted on being buried here, saying that this is where you two met and we are all far away, so I entrusted him to you! ]

Along with the words of the third brother’s father, the sad theme song of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" sounded.

A row of big words also popped up on the big screen.

【Director Zhang Yimou’s works】

Starring: Chen Jin, Zhu Yanmanzi

pat!

The lights in the theater came on at this moment, and the credits of the movie kept rolling, but there was still silence in the audience.

There were some cries and quiet sobs.

Everyone was still immersed in the finale of the movie, and some were unable to extricate themselves.

The key point was that a row of large characters were displayed on the big screen - this film is adapted from the true story novel "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

This is a true love story that happened in China in the 70s!
Pah~~Pah pah pah~~~
After the sad atmosphere lasted for a few minutes, someone finally started clapping.

Then more people, and all the judges stood up, looked at Zhang Yimou and the other two, and gave them applause.

"thanks, thanks!"

Lao Mouzi's eyes also turned red as he watched, and he bowed with his hands clasped together.

Chen Jin stood up with her lips slightly pursed. Zhu Yanmanzi next to her had completely burst into tears and couldn't stop crying. It seemed that she was reminded of the last scene on the day of wrap-up.

"Wipe it off!"

Chen Jin handed her the tissue.

Zhu Yanmanzi looked at him with red eyes, and there was an irrepressible love in her eyes.

Chen Jin walked up to her, shook her hand, squeezed it, and pulled her up to the stage.

clap clap clap!
All the audience members did not leave and gave the three people another round of applause that lasted for nearly a minute.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Yimou's voice was a little hoarse, and he bowed slightly to everyone present with Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi.

“A very touching love movie!”

"Pure, beautiful, clean and thorough!"

The chairman of the jury, Quentin, also put away his playful expression and spoke to Zhang Yimou with great respect.

This is a routine interactive session at the end of the premiere, which is to talk about the creation of the film, the impressions after watching the film, and the creators' thoughts on the film.

"I mainly want to ask Chen!"

Quentin smiled at Chen Jin, and Chen Jin quickly said, "Director, please speak!"

"Show me how to do it. Your expression won't change much, but it will switch between joy and sadness!"

This sounds hard to understand.

But in fact, great actors can really do it.

There is such a passage about Zhang Guoli in "The Founding of a Republic".

His expression didn't change for a few seconds, but the audience could feel that he went from smiling to angry.

This is actually a micro-expression.

This can only be achieved by having strong control over all the muscles in the face.

You can't see the changes on your face with your naked eyes, but in fact your eyes, muscles, etc. can be controlled.

The reason why Quentin asked this is because the contrast between the third brother played by Chen Jin before and after is so strong.

At the beginning, his face gave people a very sunny and comfortable feeling.

But after I got sick, it wasn’t because of the makeup, but the feeling I gave people, I suddenly became sad again.

"Ok!"

Chen Jin didn't hesitate much, he just stood there and smiled as happily as the third brother.

1, 2, 3!

3 seconds!
He was still laughing, but it looked uglier than crying.

clap clap clap!
The audience gave this performance a round of applause. "Then I understand!"

“You’re a very good actor!”

Quentin thought it was the result of Zhang Yimou's training, but now it seems that it should be the ability of the actor himself.

But with such strength and no trace of performance, he is a truly talented player.

"In the last scene, the leading actress also performed well!"

Quentin added.

Then other people began to ask Zhang Yimou questions about his motivations for creating this film.

The premiere of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" finally came to a successful conclusion after lasting for more than 4 hours.

The audience, reporters and jury members left the venue in an orderly manner.

Many directors and producers who knew Zhang Yimou came forward to chat with him.

The main production team of "Detective Dee" just finished this morning and of course also attended the premiere. Li Bingbing looked like he had just recovered from crying. Wang Zhonglei and others also looked unhappy. I don't know if they were pretending or if they were real crocodile tears.

"Director Zhang, the movie is so well made!"

“It makes me feel like I’ve returned to that era, even though I was still a kid back then!”

Wang Zhonglei was indeed good at talking. After chatting with Zhang Yimou, he looked at Chen Jin again.

As the head of a film and television company, he could certainly see that Chen Jin's performance in this movie was very outstanding.

Although the leading actress is also very good, both in appearance and in her true acting, she is far inferior to Chen Jin.

He gave the character of the third brother a sense of sublimation.

Although Wang Zhonglei has not read the original novel and is not an actor, he understands marketing and packaging.

Once this movie is released, I guess many little girls will be crazy about it.

Because of the role of the third child, the actor was given a fantasy filter.

“I hope my daughter doesn’t watch this movie!”

"Otherwise she would definitely like the role of the third brother!"

Wang Zhonglei smiled at Chen Jin, and Chen Jin could only respond politely, awkwardly but politely.

Wu Yusen, who had starred in "A Better Tomorrow" and even went to Hollywood to direct "Mission Impossible 2", also came over and hugged Zhang Yimou.

He just won the Venice Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award yesterday.

He is at his peak these days in Venice. His film "Sword Rain" will premiere in a few days, and Chen Jin and others will have to go to show their support.

This is how you build your network of contacts.

Although Wu Baige has suffered a loss of more than 1 million yuan due to the bad reputation of directing "Red Cliff", he has not yet reached the point where he has no movies to shoot.

Because "Red Cliff" was a huge hit at the overseas box office, selling over 2 million US dollars, the investors did not make any money, but only earned tens of millions from the distribution rights.

It was not until the release of "The Crossing" that he suffered the worst failure in his life.

The loss was more than 3 million.

So Zhang Yimou was obviously polite to him, after all, he is one of the most famous commercial film directors in China.

He just greeted Chen Jin and the other person symbolically and then left.

……

"Whoo~~~"

After everyone left, Chief Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Freed.

Every premiere is a torture for the director.

"How was it, how did you feel about the shoot?"

Zhang Yimou subconsciously asked his two leading actors.

"Very good, very touching!"

“It is indeed the cleanest and purest love movie in history!”

There is nothing wrong with this propaganda.

Although Chen Jin has not seen the original version, this version of "The Hawthorn Tree" has actually been changed a lot, but what is finally presented is a different kind of pure and sincere emotion.

"I also think it's good, but the ending is too sad!"

Zhu Yanmanzi's eyes were still red, and he was wiping his nose with tissue, with a heavy nasal sound.

"There's nothing we can do about it, that's just the story!"

"Quentin seemed to appreciate your performance!"

Zhang Yimou suddenly spoke to Chen Jin.

Chen Jin is quite confident. Although "The Hawthorn Tree" is his debut work, it is indeed blessed by the system. So, not all women who watch this movie will fall in love with the role of the third brother, but 90% of them will fall in love with this character.

Everyone wants a boyfriend like Lao San.

He is rich, handsome, nice to girls, thinks about Jingqiu everywhere, and is a second-generation rich man.

The one who is hard to hook up with is called a "suck-up", and the one who thinks about the other person all the time when in a relationship is called a "warm man".

At present, "warm man" is still a compliment and many girls like it.

But in the future, I will have to wait behind dogs.

So movies are still time-sensitive. If you feel bad about a movie now, the rating may go up in the future.

vice versa.

How many film and television dramas have been dragged out to be criticized?

He Shuhuan in "My Fair Princess" is the best example.

I used to think he was a nice guy when I watched him on TV, but now he’s a complete scumbag.

"Okay, now we can report back to the country!"

“It’s time to preview the screenings and start pre-sales!”

Zhang Yimou was obviously getting impatient.

Regardless of whether or not you can attend the award ceremony, what comes next is the highlight of "The Hawthorn Tree".

The film is about to be released in China, so box office and word of mouth are what Zhang Yimou values most.

It will take a few days for the organizer to notify you about participating in the award ceremony.

If you are allowed to stay, it means you can win the prize; otherwise, you can buy a plane ticket back.

At this time, global media, especially some domestic media, which had watched the premiere, had already published news about the premiere of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" as soon as possible.

Various behind-the-scenes footage, stills, and first-hand reviews of the movies.

Of course, these also require money to buy the press releases.

No money? You can!

I’ll give you a bad review directly!
Do you still want pre-sales and good box office?

The current media does have the ability to influence the box office. Even Zhang Yimou has to pay the money!

(End of this chapter)