Ah Chuan is my younger brother, or elder brother, whatever you want to say, because we came to this world from the same womb at the same time, it is impossible to verify who came first, and my father sighed before he said it. ,always like this. All I know is that when I appeared in front of the world for the first time with my mouth wide open, all the people present were stunned and dumbfounded. Several nurses rushed out the door and threw up in the corridor. Just in case something happens to me, in fact they don't know, I just look scary, I don't want to hurt anyone, who can hurt my arms and legs as thick as a matchstick, what I hurt is only the hearts of my parents. At the other end of the delivery room was a cheering crowd. My father also left me and ran there. There lay Ah Chuan, who had just parted from me. I'm different, a person like him is destined to be noticed by people, and I, sigh, let's not talk about it, in fact, when we first started in my mother's womb, we were almost the same, but he told me, brother, I'll just take care of you in the future Call me brother, I'm young, let me eat more. So I gave him my share to eat. I am not complaining about this. I am always proud of Ah Chuan. With a sensible younger brother like Ah Chuan, no one can bear to tell him to eat less.
From then on, I hid at home and never went out again. Every day, I carefully moved my legs from the bed to the window, breaking a bone if I was not careful, and then passed the whole day under the square sky. God, in addition to counting the number of birds flying overhead and predicting the weather, my greatest joy every day is to wait for Ah Chuan to come home from school. I must say that Ah Chuan has been different from others since he was a child. Although I have not met a few people, but I just know that my Ah Chuan is unique. His talent for storytelling was revealed at a very young age. He said that teachers don’t necessarily know more than students. He also said that Japanese people are not as bad as I imagined. Everything he told was different from what I got from books and TV. I could only admire him when he told stories. He said to me that day, "Brother, do you know why I am more successful than you?" I shook my head and smirked. He said that because I always have to do things with others, others go east, I go west, others eat dry, I drink water, this era is different from before, any individual spirit or independent thinking is all about Nonsense, as long as you reverse all normal thinking and say the truth, there will be countless mediocre people who will take you as a master and take your words as truth, because I discovered this rule, so I can always be invincible . I can't understand what A Chuan said, so I can only laugh. He only told me some words, because I didn't understand, but I knew what he said must be right, otherwise he wouldn't be so good, so young. Be a great director.
That time, A Chuan stared blankly at my face. No one has ever looked at me like this, not even my father. I can always read the message of fear and contempt from those twinkling eyes, but this time A Chuan His eyes were different. His eyes made me feel a little embarrassed. I lowered my head, and A Chuan suddenly grabbed my hand. My hand trembled suddenly, but I let him hold it. , I want you to be my portrait. I will never understand what A Chuan said. He is so handsome, and I am like a living little old man. The contrast is as obvious as the phlegm on my face. How can I be his portrait. But Ah Chuan just kept talking about asking me to make his portrait, I had to nod, Ah Chuan was happy, I could feel his hands shaking, he said, "Brother, I am Dorian Gray, and you are mine." portrait. I don't know what it is, maybe it's a very powerful weapon, but I'm still happy to do something for Ah Chuan, even though I'll never understand what he wants me to do.
From that day onwards, Ah Chuan came to my room more frequently. He told me everything that happened at work, which one deliberately couldn't get along with him, which departments demolished his desk, and so on. When he came, he always I was angry and full of swear words. After I went out, I felt calm. I felt that my body was getting worse and worse, and I lost a lot of hair, and Ah Chuan was always radiant. A Chuan told me that he made a great movie, which can make him leave a strong mark in the history of movies. What can I say about such an outstanding A Chuan, only envy and blessings.
Ah Chuan said, brother, do you know why my movie is so great? Because it cannot but be great, it must be great, it is about the common emotion of all Chinese people, and it has exposed the scars of the whole country, what? Are you saying that no one likes watching movies like this? Brother, you are wrong, no wonder you can only hide in such a small room, no one pays attention and no one appreciates, let me explain to you, you can imagine, for example, when you were a child, you were weak and sick only because you were bullied , but one day you developed, what is the first thing you think about? Don't be ashamed, say boldly, yes, what you want is to remember who bullied you, you dare not think about these things when you are weak, because it is useless except to add trouble, but now it is different, you think you are strong enough Now, you have the capital for revenge and the possibility of seeking revenge, so you must dig out that memory and remind those who have bullied you, don't think that buddy has forgotten, buddy is prepared for danger, maybe one day I will find you Above, do you know what it is to change the sky account? The change sky account is when you are weak and others force you to watch it, but when you are strong, you are scrambling to pay for it yourself. As a director, the most important thing is What's the point? It's not technology or depth. Those are all nerds to play. As a director, you have to face the right audience at the right time and make the right movie. Movies are meant for people to see. Yes, no one watches even the best movies is a waste of film.
Ah Chuan said, "Brother, do you know why every movie I made is so popular? Because my films all stand firm and stand high, don't talk about that "Looking for a Gun", that film was made for fun, and was too influenced by Jiang Wen, not counting my own films, first "Kekexili" , and then this "Nanjing! Nanjing! ", my foothold is always with human morality, criticizing me means criticizing wildlife protection, it means criticizing national reflection, and it means immorality, so the occasional criticism is immediately dismissed. The warm applause was drowned out, just like when I was a child, although I was very bad, fighting and bullying my classmates, I always understood that my studies could not be lost. I am a role model with excellent grades. Among the good students, I am proficient in mischief. It is difficult to think that such a person is not popular.
Ah Chuan said, Brother, do you know what is most important to the audience? That is to satisfy their emotions. As long as you stay away from the nonsense and frivolous themes, first establish a grand and classic theme, and make them laugh or cry in the movie theater, then they will be embarrassed to scold you after crying and laughing. Now, even if I realize later that I was played by you as a monkey, it will be many years later. In this regard, I have learned a lot from Zhu Jun's "Art Life". Talking about the hardships you have suffered, Leng Ding released the photos from that time, and a group of friends who were suffering together looked at you anxiously below, and then immediately followed a sensational soundtrack. I have never seen anyone who did not cry in this whole set. Therefore, sensationalism is definitely a knowledge. How to make the audience cry and praise the director for being calm and restrained is a real skill.
A Chuan also said, "Brother, we are the only ones who said this. When I say it, my brother is relieved, relaxed, and his face is radiant. Others say that my film has a unique narrative angle. Some people simply call me a traitor, speak for the Japanese, and insult the Chinese people. In fact, that's not scolding me, it's just complimenting me. If you do it the other way around, if others go east, we will go west. It doesn't matter whether yours has any meaning or depth. If you do it in reverse, it will be right, it will be shocking, and it will be unique. Others say that the Japanese soldiers are bad, but I chose to find a good person inside. You ask me if there is such a person, I don't know, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and you can't insist that there will be none. For the film's popularity, I must You have to shoot like this, otherwise you will be scolded as the main theme and fake big empty. What era is now, it is the era of laughing at the poor and not laughing at the prostitute. It is ten thousand times better to say that you are a traitor than to say that you have no talent. I also want to be really talented. I also want to make a film that has never been seen before and has never come. At worst, it has to be on an equal footing with Jiang Wen's "Devils Are Coming", but my brother is really just an ordinary person, don't look at the young talents who are proud of the spring breeze, just go home and play a blank script. Dumbfounded, as soon as I sat behind the camera, my head buzzed, and I had no choice but to opportunistically. If you say that the Japanese are bad, I will say that there are good people; if you say that the Chinese people are weak in resistance, I will get Lu Jianxiong, who is fighting desperately, to show you; Just get Mr. Tang's family out, and let you see that there are mahjong and Yingge Yanwu in the broken city; you say that being a traitor has to bleed from the beginning to the end, but I want to call Mr. Tang Lin to wake up and redeem.
A Chuan finally said, "Brother, brother I told you everything today, and I forgot it. You help me remember, who asked you to be my portrait of Dorian Gray, and I will leave my filth and ambition to you for safekeeping. , my brother will be smooth and slippery without leaving any traces. Anyway, you are ugly, you don't care if you look a little more ugly, and no one sees you. I am young, you let me. When my brother is old, I won't cut you with a knife. My brother is raising you. My brother is leaving now. I will go to a celebration banquet with a box office of over 100 million yuan. When my brother comes back, I will bring you a box of Yangzhou fried rice.
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