In 2009, with an investment of 200 million yuan in the "Tangshan Earthquake", Feng Xiaogang let his wife Xu Fan play his mother with zero film remuneration, refused Zhang Ziyi's self-reduced film remuneration of 10 million, playing the role of his sister Fang Deng, Zhang Ziyi did not mind the film remuneration, but Fang Deng's role was a little weak, and wanted to add some drama.
That year, the relevant departments of Tangshan City invited Feng Xiaogang to shoot a film reflecting the Tangshan earthquake and was willing to invest. Previously, Feng Xiaogang had also read the novel "Aftershock" and was shocked.
He contacted the original author, Zhang Ling, who said: "I have already talked to Zhang Yimou. ”
Feng Xiaogang, half cold in his heart, still not dead hearted, told the author: "You talk first, I really like it, if there is no negotiation, you must contact me."
After a while, the author Zhang Ling really contacted Feng Xiaogang, and Feng Xiaogang was excited and immediately signed a contract to let his friend Su Xiaowei serve as a screenwriter.
After the script was adapted, Feng Xiaogang took it to apply for filming, but the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television was stuck and was not allowed to shoot: "It is too heavy to bring hope to the audience", Feng Xiaogang's enthusiasm was poured out of his heart.
There was a turnaround, on May 12, 2008, Wenchuan 8 earthquake occurred, Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Guoguo, Chen Daoming and other friends rushed to the scene, donated money and materials, saw the affected people, flesh and bones separated, a ruin, the people yin and yang between the tragic scene, they cried.
After going back, Feng Xiaogang cried and said to his friend Wang Shuo: "I want to shoot the earthquake, why is it so difficult?" If the approval is not said, I am afraid that no one will see it, and the investor will not be able to account. ”
Wang Shuo said: "It's okay, if you lose, write you a comedy film and let you earn it back."
The script was revised countless times, and it was only reviewed two years later, in 2009.
Feng Xiaogang swiped a large brush, crossed out the two words of the script "Aftershock", and wrote 5 big characters of "Tangshan Earthquake".
It's too difficult to say and shoot, especially earthquakes require realistic special effects to have good results.
They brought in a special effects company in New Zealand that produced "The Lord of the Rings" and asked them to restore a street 1:1, and the price they offered was $20 million, equivalent to 100 million yuan, and the investors looked at it, withdrew, and withdrew.
At this critical moment, Feng Xiaogang's good brother Huayi boss Wang Zhongjun, who also served as a soldier, and his wife Wang Zhonglei is also a Sichuanese, supporting Feng Xiaogang, first putting money aside, so that Feng Xiaogang in despair can see hope.
Special effects cost too much money, please actors can not afford to invite big stars, Zhang Ziyi knows that Feng Xiaogang filmed the earthquake, took the initiative to find him, is willing to play the role of Fang Deng, and self-reduced the film salary of 10 million, asking Feng Xiaogang to add drama to her, the script drama has been seen, she played too little, and asked to modify the script.
Feng Xiaogang immediately refused, revised countless times for a script, it was easy to open up the review, the screenwriters were about to be completely crazy, the two sides pointed at each other's noses and scolded several times, Zhang Ziyi asked to play the role of mother Yuanni.
He also believes in Zhang Ziyi's acting skills, they once collaborated on "Night Banquet", at that time, Zhang Ziyi only had 2 million films, and now at least 30 million, she also has 20 million self-reducing film remuneration, really can't afford it, and rejected Zhang Ziyi.
Fang Deng was played by Zhang Jingchu, and when she was a child, she was played by the young actor Zhang Zifeng, the youngest of the whole play, but she was the soul of this play, watching countless audiences cry, and became an excellent Actor in China at the age of 8.
The father in the play is played by Chen Daoming, who is also willing to play with zero remuneration, he experienced the earthquake, when the Tangshan earthquake occurred, Chen Daoming's family lived on the third floor, and one wall of the home fell.
When running through the corridor, he saw red briquettes rolling everywhere, and Feng Xiaogang rubbed the scene of the real thing into the movie.
And the mother Yuanni is played by Feng Xiaogang's wife Xu Fan, and the shot of the mother kneeling to her daughter has seen countless people crying.
The mother saved her brother, did not save her sister, but the sister was lucky to survive, the daughter was estranged because of this matter, 32 years, the two sides have too many feelings, too many words, the mother kneels, the daughter also forgives the mother, the mother and daughter hug together, see crying countless people.
After the release of the film, not only did not lose money, but sat on the 650 million box office, the film takes us back to that year, when 240,000 lives were lost in the earthquake of tens of seconds.
Compared with nature, people are small, every life is precious, we should cherish it, cherish life, cherish life, no one knows what will happen tomorrow, misfortune and luck, which comes first, cherish the present, cherish the happy life in front of us, be kind to others. #娱鉴计划 #
