The film is adapted from Yang Jinyuan 's short story "The Lawsuit". The original work is only a few pages long. The creative inspiration comes from a true story told by CCTV's " Living Space ". "The Lawsuit" was first published in " Fujian Literature " in April 2002, and reprinted in " Novel Monthly " in June of that year . When Zhang Guoli saw this novel, he liked it very much. He wanted to make a TV series for himself, but later recommended it to Xiaogang Feng. The staff of Xiaogang Feng's studio spent a lot of time searching the general catalogs of various publications in China. Later, through the editors of "Fiction Monthly", they found the Fujian Writers Association. Finally, it was Xiaogang who called Yang Jinyuan. Feng himself. During the Spring Festival in 2004, Yang Jinyuan signed a contract with Xiaogang Feng. Xiaogang Feng was planning to start shooting at the end of that year, but later he shot "The Banquet" for various reasons
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Xiaogang Feng’s original intention for filming "Assembly" was that he believed that every man has a strong heroism complex in his heart, but this is not cheap heroism, but a heartfelt touch. The film is not intended to explore the metaphysical theme of the value and meaning of sacrifice. In his mind, this is a "story of heroes being wronged" that has not been understood during the long years
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