Chapter 37 second quarter

Ai Weiwei said to me afterwards: I have been in New York for 12 years, and there are two things that made me realize that there is still true love in the world.One is birthday every year. I sometimes forget it myself, but Atlantic Casino has never neglected to send birthday cards.Then there is this Christmas, receiving a gift from a thief.He emphasized: A thief can spend his own money to buy gifts for others, which shows how sincere this feeling is. Speaking of the relationship between Ai Weiwei and the thief, it reminds me of one thing.One day when we were filming in his basement, Li Zhengzheng, who was in charge of outreach, ran in and told us that a $200 stereo in his car had been stolen by breaking the glass.After Weiwei heard it, he went out for a walk, bought a stereo from a black man for only $10, and gave it to Li Zhengzheng.Li Zhengzheng exclaimed after seeing it: This is the one I lost.

At that time, the two of us often drove around blindly on Long Island. He often pointed to the garden houses and said to me: These are rubbish and should be blown up.When he saw my eager and greedy eyes, he would add with a smirk: I can leave one for you.At that time, he was opposed to any lyrical tendencies in architecture and decoration, and he liked coldness and simplicity, which is what is often called "simplicity" now. Twelve years ago, he once said to me: After you return to Beijing, buy a piece of land, and I will design a house for you, which will not cost much and is very impressive.I still vaguely remember his plan, he said: you buy four lengthened container containers, connect each other to form a "port"

The glyph-shaped building cannot see a single window or even a door from the outside, just like a metal cube, and the lighting of all rooms is obtained from the inner patio.When I heard it, my blood boiled with excitement, and I asked everywhere how much it would cost to buy the longest container.After returning to China, without Ai Weiwei's influence and indoctrination, aesthetics once again degenerated into a vulgar track. After 12 years, Ai Weiwei finally found a brave practitioner in China. This person is Mr. Pan Shiyi, an alternative in the real estate industry in Beijing.Bewitched by Ai Weiwei, Pan Shiyi invested huge sums of money to build more than a dozen cold houses at the foot of the Great Wall, which makes people shudder.The visitors were afraid that they would not know the goods, and they said in unison, "Awesome!".On the one hand, it greatly satisfied Mr. Pan's anxiety; on the other hand, it also firmly frozen his funds in the cold wind of Badaling.These cold houses are like a wet padded jacket. Pan Shiyi wears it on his body. It is cold when he takes it off, and it is even colder when he wears it.

Now coldness and simplicity have become commonplace in Beijing. Every time I see the decoration plan with exposed concrete walls, concrete floors, large iron-covered chandeliers, and black roofs, I immediately think of Ai Weiwei.I always want to tell those who think they are cool, you are too backward, you know, Ai Weiwei 12 years ago was already very cold, very simple, very concrete. When it comes to Ai Weiwei accidentally making such a big mistake, there is no way, as long as you mention New York, you have to mention him. With him in New York, it is a city full of excitement and vitality.Many years later, when I returned to New York, he had already returned to Beijing. I found that without him, the city had become very mediocre.

We drove an hour to Manhattan.Ai Weiwei put Ma Xiaoqing and me in his basement and went to rent the tapes himself.When he came back more than ten minutes later, the belt was in his pocket, and the expression on his face was as if he was going to tell Ma Xiaoqing that he had cancer. Weiwei said: Xiaoqing, we lost.I didn't find the damn David Niven on the cover of the tape. At that time, Ma Xiaoqing almost lost the courage to go back to Oys Bay, and she had the heart to defect.We stayed with her that night at a rock and roll bar called CBJB, and we didn't go back until after midnight.

After returning to the crew, no one slept, and almost all of them were waiting in the living room.In my impression, I slipped back to the bedroom. Ai Weiwei walked into the crowd with Ma Xiaoqing. Ma Xiaoqing said to Jiang Wen: You won. Jiang Wen said: Then as agreed, I can do anything to you. Everyone was very excited and didn't know how Jiang Wen would deal with Ma Xiaoqing. Jiang Wen asked Ma Xiaoqing to sit on a chair, and said to her: I just want to tell you, don't bet with others if you have nothing on your mind.Especially don't carry me on the movies. Ma Xiaoqing said afterwards: This incident hit her particularly hard.

I said to her: I really want to see Jiang Wen admit defeat once.As a result, he lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot.In the future, I must hold my hands tightly and carry it with him again. Since then, I have also fallen into a problem. I believe everything Teacher Jiang says, and applaud everything Teacher Jiang does.Think he can't be wrong. He is so smart. Finally one day, he found his flaw.Every time I saw him, I wanted to tell him, but when I saw him, I swallowed back the words that slipped to my lips.I felt that if I said this, I might offend him, so I better not make myself uncomfortable.I broke up and regretted it, and felt that I should tell him.After all, Mr. Jiang also honestly pointed out my weakness, and when I couldn't find the north, he sounded the alarm for me once.Writing a book this time, I couldn't help but write in the book what I was embarrassed to say in front of him.Let me still be an honest man.

A writer met me after watching the film, which was not allowed to be born.I asked him: Do you like this video by Mr. Jiang? The writer said: very good.Teacher Jiang is indeed worth learning from.It can be seen that Teacher Jiang is extremely intelligent and imaginative. I asked again: What about the shortage? The writer said: no.very good. I said: Impossible? The writer thought for a while and said: Of course, it can be better. I asked: For example? The writer said: The people in the village are very kind and dare not kill people.So Teacher Jiang helped them think of a way, and invited a professional executioner from Tianjin, who had killed the "eight ministers" and Tan Sitong, killing with one knife, and never missed.Hence the name "Yi Dao Liu".This person is very sophisticated, and he can tell he is Japanese just by touching it through the sack.

The killing process was also very dramatic, which dazzled the villagers and the audience.It's a plot that a very smart person could have made up, and it really adds to the fun of the film.But unfortunately, this interesting plot greatly weakens the shocking power of the film.Far less powerful than in the original book, it is more powerful to invite the butcher who came to the neighboring village to kill pigs to help kill.This is a clever mistake accidentally made by a smart person. Later, I also studied it, and I think it is a very good-looking movie, and it is very valuable for understanding one's own ethnicity.But I also agree with my friend very much. The "killing" scene turned into a wonderful live newspaper drama, which made me feel very relaxed for a while, and temporarily left the village.Of course Mr. Jiang called us back quickly, and we almost forgot to leave when the movie ended.

There is another thing that also reflects that Mr. Jiang is very smart.I remember a few years ago, a friend who was very close to Jiang Wen told me that he had heard Jiang Wen have some different views on movies. He is said to think so: "to live" is a verb, used as a noun by the movie.In order to "live", Fugui should be very active in his heart.He heard about the land reform in his hometown and shot down the landlord, and he foresaw his end.In order to "live", he took the initiative to give up, used a gamble to lose all his land and family business, and became a poor peasant ever since.As a result, he got his wish and survived.

Using "alive" as a verb to grasp the inner world of the character "Fugui" is something that Ge You's "Fugui" would never have thought of.It can be seen how smart Mr. Jiang is, and how wise his understanding of "living" is.At this time, I always think about how much trouble the director has to be able to cooperate with such an actor.But after careful consideration, I feel that something is wrong. If "Fugui" is really so wise and active, then can we still be stung by the suffering of "Fugui"?Our mood may also be as relaxed as watching the "killing" scene in it. My question is how to achieve a good standard, but Mr. Jiang is not. His question is how to control his talent.For him, the biggest enemy is the cleverness that comes out of it. The group of "New Movie" loves Mr. Jiang very much, and he also looks forward to seeing "New Movie". Your eyes are also poisonous when watching movies, why don't you persuade him? I think Mr. Jiang must be able to listen to your words.But he won't say, I was wrong. In the end, I want to say that although Mr. Jiang also made mistakes, his help and contribution to Chinese films cannot be concealed.He is undoubtedly one of my favorite Chinese directors in the past, present and future.