Chapter 785 Epilogue: Which country produced the most expensive movie in the world?
Young director Bondarchuk could not contain his excitement.
Because today he was going to visit Marshal Alexei Konstantinovich Rokossov, who was vacationing at his villa on the White Sea.
Of course, with Bondarchuk's qualifications, it is impossible for him to have a personal relationship with the marshal. This time he visited the marshal to shoot a film reflecting the great Patriotic War thirty years ago.
He brought a streamlined working group, which included the actor who played the marshal, the actor who played the marshal's wife, the actor who played the last tsarina Olga, and all the screenwriters.
Most of the actors are young people born after the war, and they are now so excited that they can't sit still.
Only the old actor who played Marshal Pavlov looked calm: "You guys, don't be so excited!"
"Griff," the actor who played the marshal said to the old actor in his early fifties, "He's a living legend! Rokossov, who turned the tide, is said to be secretly controlling the situation in most of Europa now!"
Griff smiled: "Hey, you'll know when you meet the marshal, he has an approachable aura."
Griff took out a cross and said, "Look, this cross is a gift from the marshal. It was during the Battle of Abavahan. I was a child at the time. I followed the marshal when he charged in person and helped him kill a Proson soldier! Then the marshal gave me the Proson soldier's Iron Cross award!"
"The Marshal is really charging in person?" Bondarchuk asked in surprise.
"Yes, the Marshal really led the charge himself. We all saw it. The Marshal's second adjutant, Yakov, even died on the way! What a pity! If he had survived, he would have been promoted to general by now."
The old man sighed and touched his bald head.
Bondarchuk asked: "Have you visited Marshal Pavlov?"
"I have visited him, but the old man is over 80 years old and is busy writing his memoirs. He also has a very strange temper and would not accept my interview at all. When I went, he shouted: 'Go find the guy driving the small tank, or go ask Yegorov. They have interesting stories, and I am just covering their asses!'"
Everyone laughed.
At this time, the bus drove into the Rokossov Estate.
"Look, there are anti-aircraft missiles! They look like 2K99 models." The young man who played General Vasily shouted, "Why are there anti-aircraft missiles in the Marshal's Mansion?"
Bondarchuk: "That's because once a war breaks out, this place will directly become the headquarters. Isn't it normal to have anti-aircraft missiles?"
The young man shrugged.
The bus went deep into the courtyard and drove onto a seaside avenue.
Someone exclaimed: "Look! There are people watching birds!"
A middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties or fifties was holding a camera with the long lens pointed at the seagulls flying over the beach.
She seemed to have noticed the bus completely.
"Could this be the last Tsar, Ms. Olga?" someone murmured.
"I heard that she and Marshal Rokossov's wife have been living in this villa and helping to educate the marshal's son and daughter."
"I heard that the marshal's daughter is actually her child."
"Hush, don't risk your life. If the people from the State Security Bureau hear you, you'll be in trouble. The director of the State Security Bureau, Filippov, is a direct subordinate of the marshal. After joining the war, he has been fighting under the marshal's command."
The car finally drove in front of a beautiful building, and from a distance we could see a fifty-year-old man in pajamas waiting in front of the door.
Bondarchuk was the first to get off the car. He hurried forward and shook the marshal's hand: "Hello, I'm Bondarchuk, I'm here to take a panoramic photo..."
"Liberation, right?" the marshal interrupted Bondarchuk. "It was I who recommended you to be the chief director."
"Huh?" Bondarchuk was surprised.
The marshal asked again: "Is Nellie okay?"
"Ms. Nellie? Of course she's fine. We have her full support for the filming."
Marshal: "She won't come back to see me in person?"
"Uh..." Bondarchuk was embarrassed.
Marshal: "Lyuda kept saying that it was time to find a reliable man for Nellie. I was fed up and told her not to force her if she didn't want to get married. Guess what, Liuda said, it's ok to let Nellie marry a man! No wonder she didn't want to come back to see me, an old man."
The marshal looked at the people behind Bondarchuk and said, "Are these all actors? Let me see, the most handsome one is playing me, right? The old bald guy is playing Pavlov, and he looks quite similar! Wait a minute, why do you look familiar to me?" The marshal was a little "abstract" for a moment, and then he said happily, "Little Griff! Hahahaha, you are actually an actor!"
Griff: "Haven't you seen my movies? My performance in "The Return of Saint Luke" is well-known in our allies!"
"I saw it and I thought it was the same name!" said the Marshal.
Griff: "Come on, Marshal, you recognized me right away. How could you not recognize me from the movie?"
The marshal scratched his cheek awkwardly: "Uh, maybe it's because of the makeup! Let's not talk about this. Have you ever seen Pavlov?"
"Yes, but he kicked me out!"
"Hey, Pavlov always thinks that he is just doing clerical work, but it's not true! Let me tell you, he was like a little wife back then. Whenever I went to the front, he would get angry and want to quit. You must act out this little wife's energy!"
As he was speaking, several people wearing the uniforms of the Melania People's Army came out of the room.
The leading general said to the marshal, "Then we will leave first."
"Okay, remember, the mission of the secular faction is to meet the needs of the people!"
"Yes!" Melania saluted the marshal.
Bondarchuk said: "You and Melania are still in close contact."
"Yes, I do have a little bit of reputation among them. By the way, who is the actor who plays Vasily?"
"It's me!" The actor who played Vasily stepped forward and saluted the marshal.
"Well, good casting, he has that ghostly and clever vibe! Have you interviewed him yet?"
"No, the general is currently inspecting bases on the Baltic coast."
"Ah, he went to inspect the newly deployed Tu-22M. You can just ask me about him. I tell you, the thing he was best at back then was actually digging out manure! He did it quickly and well!"
Bondarchuk and the working group looked at each other.
Marshal: "Did Yegorov go to see it?"
"I've seen it. The marshal is so strange. He carries a black cat with him all day long."
"That's his Patronus! Oh, and where's Popov? Is his Alzheimer's getting better?"
Bondarchuk: "No, in fact, when we visited him, he could hardly speak. Only when he saw the makeup photo of the actor who played you, his eyes suddenly became clear and he said, 'Oh, old man, I knew you would come. Did the United States start a war against us? Help me up, I can still fight!'"
The marshal laughed.
After laughing, he stopped and pointed to the big tree in the yard and said, "I planted this tree myself in the year of victory. My old friend General Tom also helped me and shoveled a lot of soil!"
"Is it the five-star admiral of the United States Navy?"
"Yes, the one who bombarded the Imperial Palace and Kudanzaka. You must make a good movie so that he can see it on the other side of the ocean. He has used his personal connections to bring me "The Sunset" which describes his story. You can't embarrass yourself and make a good movie!"
The Marshal paused.
Bondarchuk immediately expressed his loyalty: "We will, and we will complete the task!"
"Very good, I believe you will." After a brief silence, the marshal said, "Have you decided to call the series "Liberation"?
"Yes, Marshal Davarishi, but we are still discussing the subtitles of each part."
Marshal: "For the first part, I think it should be called "The Arc of Gunfire"."
Bondarchuk nodded immediately: "Okay! What a great name!"
(End of the book)
(End of this chapter)
Young director Bondarchuk could not contain his excitement.
Because today he was going to visit Marshal Alexei Konstantinovich Rokossov, who was vacationing at his villa on the White Sea.
Of course, with Bondarchuk's qualifications, it is impossible for him to have a personal relationship with the marshal. This time he visited the marshal to shoot a film reflecting the great Patriotic War thirty years ago.
He brought a streamlined working group, which included the actor who played the marshal, the actor who played the marshal's wife, the actor who played the last tsarina Olga, and all the screenwriters.
Most of the actors are young people born after the war, and they are now so excited that they can't sit still.
Only the old actor who played Marshal Pavlov looked calm: "You guys, don't be so excited!"
"Griff," the actor who played the marshal said to the old actor in his early fifties, "He's a living legend! Rokossov, who turned the tide, is said to be secretly controlling the situation in most of Europa now!"
Griff smiled: "Hey, you'll know when you meet the marshal, he has an approachable aura."
Griff took out a cross and said, "Look, this cross is a gift from the marshal. It was during the Battle of Abavahan. I was a child at the time. I followed the marshal when he charged in person and helped him kill a Proson soldier! Then the marshal gave me the Proson soldier's Iron Cross award!"
"The Marshal is really charging in person?" Bondarchuk asked in surprise.
"Yes, the Marshal really led the charge himself. We all saw it. The Marshal's second adjutant, Yakov, even died on the way! What a pity! If he had survived, he would have been promoted to general by now."
The old man sighed and touched his bald head.
Bondarchuk asked: "Have you visited Marshal Pavlov?"
"I have visited him, but the old man is over 80 years old and is busy writing his memoirs. He also has a very strange temper and would not accept my interview at all. When I went, he shouted: 'Go find the guy driving the small tank, or go ask Yegorov. They have interesting stories, and I am just covering their asses!'"
Everyone laughed.
At this time, the bus drove into the Rokossov Estate.
"Look, there are anti-aircraft missiles! They look like 2K99 models." The young man who played General Vasily shouted, "Why are there anti-aircraft missiles in the Marshal's Mansion?"
Bondarchuk: "That's because once a war breaks out, this place will directly become the headquarters. Isn't it normal to have anti-aircraft missiles?"
The young man shrugged.
The bus went deep into the courtyard and drove onto a seaside avenue.
Someone exclaimed: "Look! There are people watching birds!"
A middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties or fifties was holding a camera with the long lens pointed at the seagulls flying over the beach.
She seemed to have noticed the bus completely.
"Could this be the last Tsar, Ms. Olga?" someone murmured.
"I heard that she and Marshal Rokossov's wife have been living in this villa and helping to educate the marshal's son and daughter."
"I heard that the marshal's daughter is actually her child."
"Hush, don't risk your life. If the people from the State Security Bureau hear you, you'll be in trouble. The director of the State Security Bureau, Filippov, is a direct subordinate of the marshal. After joining the war, he has been fighting under the marshal's command."
The car finally drove in front of a beautiful building, and from a distance we could see a fifty-year-old man in pajamas waiting in front of the door.
Bondarchuk was the first to get off the car. He hurried forward and shook the marshal's hand: "Hello, I'm Bondarchuk, I'm here to take a panoramic photo..."
"Liberation, right?" the marshal interrupted Bondarchuk. "It was I who recommended you to be the chief director."
"Huh?" Bondarchuk was surprised.
The marshal asked again: "Is Nellie okay?"
"Ms. Nellie? Of course she's fine. We have her full support for the filming."
Marshal: "She won't come back to see me in person?"
"Uh..." Bondarchuk was embarrassed.
Marshal: "Lyuda kept saying that it was time to find a reliable man for Nellie. I was fed up and told her not to force her if she didn't want to get married. Guess what, Liuda said, it's ok to let Nellie marry a man! No wonder she didn't want to come back to see me, an old man."
The marshal looked at the people behind Bondarchuk and said, "Are these all actors? Let me see, the most handsome one is playing me, right? The old bald guy is playing Pavlov, and he looks quite similar! Wait a minute, why do you look familiar to me?" The marshal was a little "abstract" for a moment, and then he said happily, "Little Griff! Hahahaha, you are actually an actor!"
Griff: "Haven't you seen my movies? My performance in "The Return of Saint Luke" is well-known in our allies!"
"I saw it and I thought it was the same name!" said the Marshal.
Griff: "Come on, Marshal, you recognized me right away. How could you not recognize me from the movie?"
The marshal scratched his cheek awkwardly: "Uh, maybe it's because of the makeup! Let's not talk about this. Have you ever seen Pavlov?"
"Yes, but he kicked me out!"
"Hey, Pavlov always thinks that he is just doing clerical work, but it's not true! Let me tell you, he was like a little wife back then. Whenever I went to the front, he would get angry and want to quit. You must act out this little wife's energy!"
As he was speaking, several people wearing the uniforms of the Melania People's Army came out of the room.
The leading general said to the marshal, "Then we will leave first."
"Okay, remember, the mission of the secular faction is to meet the needs of the people!"
"Yes!" Melania saluted the marshal.
Bondarchuk said: "You and Melania are still in close contact."
"Yes, I do have a little bit of reputation among them. By the way, who is the actor who plays Vasily?"
"It's me!" The actor who played Vasily stepped forward and saluted the marshal.
"Well, good casting, he has that ghostly and clever vibe! Have you interviewed him yet?"
"No, the general is currently inspecting bases on the Baltic coast."
"Ah, he went to inspect the newly deployed Tu-22M. You can just ask me about him. I tell you, the thing he was best at back then was actually digging out manure! He did it quickly and well!"
Bondarchuk and the working group looked at each other.
Marshal: "Did Yegorov go to see it?"
"I've seen it. The marshal is so strange. He carries a black cat with him all day long."
"That's his Patronus! Oh, and where's Popov? Is his Alzheimer's getting better?"
Bondarchuk: "No, in fact, when we visited him, he could hardly speak. Only when he saw the makeup photo of the actor who played you, his eyes suddenly became clear and he said, 'Oh, old man, I knew you would come. Did the United States start a war against us? Help me up, I can still fight!'"
The marshal laughed.
After laughing, he stopped and pointed to the big tree in the yard and said, "I planted this tree myself in the year of victory. My old friend General Tom also helped me and shoveled a lot of soil!"
"Is it the five-star admiral of the United States Navy?"
"Yes, the one who bombarded the Imperial Palace and Kudanzaka. You must make a good movie so that he can see it on the other side of the ocean. He has used his personal connections to bring me "The Sunset" which describes his story. You can't embarrass yourself and make a good movie!"
The Marshal paused.
Bondarchuk immediately expressed his loyalty: "We will, and we will complete the task!"
"Very good, I believe you will." After a brief silence, the marshal said, "Have you decided to call the series "Liberation"?
"Yes, Marshal Davarishi, but we are still discussing the subtitles of each part."
Marshal: "For the first part, I think it should be called "The Arc of Gunfire"."
Bondarchuk nodded immediately: "Okay! What a great name!"
(End of the book)
(End of this chapter)
