Special feature of 1905 film network "What is the biggest secret of China’s atomic bomb? It can be made. " "I believe that the plane is the same, whether it is an engine or a stealth fighter, it can be made."

In the movie, these words played by Zhang Ting and Lei Yu explain the firm and victorious belief that generations of China aviation people have made great powers.

The film portrays the heroic image of a new generation of China Air Force test pilots through starring YiBo, Hu Jun, etc. At the same time, it reveals the history behind the difficult birth of new fighters in China.

After the release of "King of the Sky", a bright report card was handed over: after four days of release, the cumulative box office broke 300 million, ranking as the May 1st box office champion so far. Taobao Film 9.7, Cat’s Eye 9.6, Douban 7.0, ranked first in May 1st, with popcorn index of 97% and IMDb8 score of 8, which was well received by the whole network at home and abroad.

Then, as a film, How was King of the Sky made? In 1905, the film network interviewed the director of "King of the Sky" and listened to him decrypt the behind-the-scenes story of the film from many angles.

It is both a film project and a scientific research project.

Director Liu Xiaoshi is an aviation fan. When he was studying in the director department of Beijing Film Academy, he made a documentary for the aviation industry group. After graduation, he also worked in the aviation industry for 15 years.

Liu Xiaoshi knows the story of the test pilot group and the flight test process very well. He participated in the riveting ceremony of the first screw produced by the J -20 and contacted the J -20 fighter many times. Li Gang, the chief test pilot of the J -20, is also his good friend.

"I am very touched by what happened to the test pilot. It is necessary to make a film about the test pilot to let more people know about such a group and how difficult it is to know the progress of aviation equipment in our country."

The first draft script of "The King of the Sky" was released in 2019. He and the screenwriter Guiguan spent more than three years repeatedly revising and polishing. "There are about forty scripts with numbers, and there are about one or two hundred scripts without numbers."

Liu Xiaoshi said that this script has a lot of rigorous aviation science logic, which needs to be repeatedly demonstrated with relevant engineers and scientists, and it is a very big challenge and topic to write the story satisfactorily and write the characters with flesh and blood.

Because of his work, he has photographed many planes and accumulated some failed experiences and lessons. Liu Xiaoshi didn’t want to make mistakes again in this film, so he spent nearly a year exploring the previous technology. "I very much hope that there will be a leap and improvement in shooting technology. For example, we used virtual shooting to control the linkage between the background image and the mechanical device by programming. "

The crew also prepared for the production one and a half years in advance. Every aerial scene will not only prepare one shooting plan. "It’s really like scientific research, there are several ABC plans. We did tests in Beijing, Fuzhou, Xiangshan and other places, and the plan was very rich and sufficient. "

In the view of director Liu Xiaoshi, the production of "The King of the Sky" is "both a film project and a scientific research project."

Aviation equipment is growing, and so are people.

"The King of the Sky" is not only a passionate Chinese air force blockbuster, but also a film about growth. "The film is about the growth of a generation of young test pilots and the progress of a generation of equipment. Equipment is growing and people are growing. "

Liu Xiaoshi said that Zhang Ting, the captain played by Hu Jun, was an example for the test flight team. "Zhang Ting voluntarily gave the chief to others, which was very touching to both Lei Yu and Deng Fang. What everyone thinks is very important, Zhang Ting doesn’t care at all, because he wants to inspire everyone to compete and improve their ability. Only through these experiences can Lei Yu and others really grow up.

Including the sacrifice of Zhang Dadui. He told Lei Yu who would jump first, but Zhang lied to him. Because someone must fly the plane out of the city and land in no man’s land, in order to skydive completely. This is all an inner influence on a person, which enables Lei Yu to grow up. "

In the film, Lei Yu and Deng Fang changed from competitors who looked down on each other to working together to accomplish difficult tasks, and became real comrades-in-arms. The formation of this friendship is also very moving in Liu Xiaoshi’s view.

Repeated trials and transformations have given Lei Yu a complete growth line. Among them, when he made a mistake, he was sent to pack an umbrella, which is rare in similar air force movies, which stems from the advice provided by the air force leaders. Before shooting, Liu Xiaoshi led the creative team to visit the umbrella bag room, and saw that the umbrella bag man, like a skilled craftsman, carefully filled a messy rope into the umbrella tube, which inspired him.

"Once there is a small negligence in the process of umbrella packing, it may have a particularly great impact on the landing and safety of the aircraft. At that time, we felt that this was very important for the growth of the characters, so we wrote it in the story. " The process of learning to wrap an umbrella made Lei Yu understand his mission better, and inspired him to design ideas to alleviate the problem of airplane spin.

As a new actor, Lei Yu played by YiBo brought many surprises to Director Liu Xiaoshi. "Now Lei Yu, YiBo is very suitable, he should play such a person. Yibo is a very polite and thoughtful person, and so is Lei Yu. "

"He is a very sensitive actor and enters the situation quickly. When he played many plays for the first time, I was quite surprised. Many details were entirely his own play. " For example, in the first scene of filming, Lei Yu fell into the sheepfold. "After he pulled out from under the umbrella, he looked at the sky. At this look, I think he can do it, completely putting himself into the situation after a pilot fell into the sheepfold. "

"In the more than 100 days we filmed, he was never late once, and he was very dedicated every day. No matter whether it was dangerous or suffering, he did not give a discount to carry out it." Liu Xiaoshi recalled.

Write the story of Chinese and don’t blindly imitate western movies.

The test pilot is a dancer on the tip of a knife and a warrior in the blue sky. Only when they break through the limits again and again can they try out the limits of new planes and explore new fighters that roar in the sky.

"The biggest difference between a test pilot and a front-line combatant is that one has to beat himself and the other has to beat his opponent. The target of frontline combatants is the enemy. The test pilots should improve their flying ability and aviation theory knowledge, and overcome their fears. " There is a line in the movie that says, "The new generation of test pilots are designers and engineers who can fly." They should know not only actual combat and theory, but also design technology.

Liu Xiaoshi believes that only by approaching the current test pilot group, feeling, seeing and observing can we write their stories well. "Be sure to write Chinese’s own story, we can’t blindly imitate western movies. They ride motorcycles, and we also ride motorcycles in movies, but China soldiers don’t; They go to the bar, so do we. Our troops are not like this. "

The film has a hopeful ending. Instead of captain Zhang Ting, Lei Yu flew by on the football field, realizing Zhang Ting’s son’s wish. The growth story of Lei Yu and the younger generation and their dream of flying are still going on. Liu Xiaoshi revealed that "The King of the Sky" does not rule out the plan of making a sequel.

He hopes that the audience can understand the spiritual outlook of contemporary young test pilots and soldiers through King of the Sky, so that more and more people can understand the difficulties behind the development of China’s aviation industry and inspire the next generation to embrace the beautiful ideal of loving flying.

　　synopsis

　　Based on the historical orientation of the new era, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core made overall plans and promoted ethnic work, scientifically answered major questions such as what flag to raise and what road to take in ethnic work in the new era, and formed the important thought of General Secretary of the Supreme Leader on strengthening and improving ethnic work. This important thought is the latest summary of the Party’s ethnic work practice, the latest achievement of the China-ization of Marxist ethnic theory, and the fundamental follow-up to do a good job in ethnic work in the new era.

　　When attending the deliberation of the Inner Mongolia delegation at the Fifth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "We should firmly grasp the main line of building a sense of community of the Chinese nation, deepen the education of national unity and progress, guide the people of all ethnic groups to firmly establish the community concept of sharing weal and woe, sharing weal and woe, sharing destiny and sharing weal and woe, continuously consolidate the ideological foundation of the Chinese nation community, and promote all ethnic groups to hold together like pomegranate seeds in the Chinese nation family." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has thoroughly summarized the course and achievements of our party’s national work, scientifically answered major questions such as what flag to raise and what road to take in the national work in the new era, emphasized the great concepts of the Chinese nation family, the Chinese nation community, and the awareness of the Chinese nation community, and promoted the theoretical and practical innovation of the party’s national work in the new era. The Central Conference on Ethnic Work held in 2021 summarized and put forward the important thoughts of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on strengthening and improving ethnic work. We should deeply understand the core essence, spiritual essence, rich connotation and practical requirements of this important thought and promote the high-quality development of the party’s ethnic work in the new era.

　　The party’s ethnic theory and policies have been continuously enriched and developed.

　　Our party can lead the people of all ethnic groups in the country to make great achievements and progress in the field of ethnic work. The most fundamental thing is to creatively combine Marxist ethnic theory with the specific reality of China’s ethnic problems and embark on a correct road to solve ethnic problems with China characteristics.

　　Since its founding, our party has been actively exploring ways to solve ethnic problems that are suitable for China’s national conditions. During the new-democratic revolution, our party combined the solution of ethnic problems in China with the general task of the China Revolution, led the people of all ethnic groups to overthrow the "three mountains" and won national independence and people’s liberation. New China regards ethnic equality as one of the fundamental principles for the founding of the country. After the founding of New China, the Party led the people to complete the democratic reform and socialist transformation, achieved a historic leap in the social development of all ethnic groups, and promoted the great unity of all ethnic groups. In this historical process, our party has solved the problem of how the Chinese nation can get rid of oppression, realize national liberation, then step into socialism and establish a new type of ethnic relations, established the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and established the basic framework of the party’s ethnic theory and policy.

　　Entering the new era of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, our party has strengthened and improved ethnic work. Comrade Deng Xiaoping put forward: "After democratic reform and socialist transformation, all the fraternal nationalities in China have already embarked on the socialist road one after another, forming a new type of socialist ethnic relations of unity, friendship, mutual assistance and cooperation", and the system of regional ethnic autonomy is "relatively good, suitable for the situation in China", "observing ethnic minority areas mainly depends on whether they can develop" and "our policy of helping ethnic minority areas develop is unshakable", which greatly enriched the content of the party’s ethnic theory and ethnic policy. After the 1990s, faced with the new situation in the ethnic field at home and abroad, our party held two central ethnic work conferences. While summing up the experience of ethnic work and putting forward the main tasks in the emerging stage, it further scientifically answered what ethnic problems are and how to solve the ethnic problems in China at this stage, and made a series of major strategic decisions to accelerate the development of ethnic areas in a timely manner, such as the large-scale development of the western region, and the party’s ethnic theory and policies were expanded. In 2005, our party held a central conference on ethnic work, which answered the question of how to treat and deal with ethnic issues under the new situation and promote the common unity, struggle, prosperity and development of all ethnic groups, and the party’s ethnic theory and policies were more perfect.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has made a series of major decisions and arrangements on ethnic work, and promoted new historical achievements in China’s national unity and progress. The Central Conference on Ethnic Work held in 2014 emphasized that to do a good job in ethnic work, we should unswervingly follow the correct path of solving ethnic problems with China characteristics, blaze new trails, proceed from reality, be careful in top-level design, make overall policy plans in place, and be prudent in work deployment, so that people of all ethnic groups can enhance their identification with the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture and Socialism with Chinese characteristics road. At the Central Conference on Ethnic Work held in 2021, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader comprehensively expounded our party’s important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work, which were summarized into 12 aspects: we must grasp the historical position of the party’s ethnic work in the new era from the height of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation; We must take promoting the common struggle of all ethnic groups for building a socialist modern country in an all-round way as an important task of the party’s ethnic work in the new era; It is necessary to build a strong sense of the Chinese national community as the main line of the party’s ethnic work in the new era; We must adhere to the correct view of history of the Chinese nation; We must insist that all ethnic groups are equal; We must hold high the banner of great unity of the Chinese nation; We must uphold and improve the system of regional ethnic autonomy; We must build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation; We must promote extensive exchanges and exchanges between all ethnic groups; We must persist in administering ethnic affairs according to law; We must resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests; We must uphold the party’s leadership over ethnic work.General Secretary Supreme Leader’s important thought on strengthening and improving ethnic work is the latest achievement of China-ization of Marxist ethnic theory and the wisdom crystallization of the Party’s ethnic work theory and practice.

　　Deeply grasp the fundamental follow-up of doing a good job in ethnic work in the new era

　　General Secretary of the Supreme Leader’s important thought on strengthening and improving ethnic work is ambitious, rich in connotation and profound in thought. It is an important part of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, which marks that our party’s understanding of ethnic issues and its grasp and application of ethnic work laws have reached a new height, providing an action guide and fundamental follow-up for doing well the party’s ethnic work in the new era.

　　Based on the historical orientation of the new era, plan and promote ethnic work as a whole. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "We must grasp the historical position of the Party’s ethnic work in the new era from the height of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation, take the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as the starting point and the foothold, and make overall plans and promote the Party’s ethnic work in the new era." Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, which is a new historical orientation of China’s development and ethnic work. People of all ethnic groups in China should continue to win the great victory of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation under the new historical conditions. Through unremitting efforts, ethnic areas and the whole country have built a well-off society in an all-round way, and we have achieved the goal of the first century of struggle, and the cohesion and centripetal force of the people of all ethnic groups have been greatly enhanced. However, the journey to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will not be smooth sailing, and we still face more arduous tasks and more complex challenges. Ethnic work in the new era must conform to the characteristics of the times, respond to the requirements of the times, better serve the overall development of the cause of the party and the state, unite the wisdom and strength of people of all ethnic groups to the maximum extent, and work with one heart and one mind to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Regard building the consciousness of the Chinese nation community as the main line of the party’s ethnic work. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has made it the main line of the party’s national work to build a strong sense of the Chinese national community. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "It is the party’s national work in the new era to build a strong sense of the Chinese nation community ‘ Outline ’ All work should focus on this. " To build a strong sense of the Chinese nation’s community is to guide the people of all ethnic groups to firmly establish the community concept of sharing weal and woe, sharing weal and woe, and sharing destiny. It is an inevitable requirement to maintain the fundamental interests of all ethnic groups, realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, consolidate and develop harmonious socialist ethnic relations of equality, unity, mutual assistance, and create a new situation in the party’s ethnic work. It must run through all fields and the whole process of ethnic work, build a stronger ideological Great Wall for safeguarding national unity and national unity, and promote the Chinese nation to become a community of destiny with higher recognition and cohesion.

　　In the face of the world’s unprecedented great changes and realistic ethnic problems, we should seek countermeasures. Today, the world is experiencing a great change that has never happened in a hundred years, and it has entered a new period of turbulent change. The factors affecting the exchanges and exchanges between ethnic groups are still complex and diverse, and the ideological struggle in the ethnic field is still sharp and complicated. The risk of international forces interfering with and undermining China’s national unity cannot be underestimated. With the opening of the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, ethnic minorities and ethnic areas have ushered in new development opportunities, but the problem of insufficient imbalance in the development of ethnic areas is still relatively prominent, which brings challenges to China’s national unity, national unity and social stability. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "All reforms and developments should be endowed with the significance of highlighting the sense of the Chinese nation’s community, with the significance of maintaining unity and opposing separatism, with the significance of improving people’s livelihood and rallying people’s hearts, so as to make the Chinese nation’s community unbreakable." General Secretary Supreme Leader’s important thought on strengthening and improving ethnic work, grasping realistic problems in ethnic field with broad vision and strong problem consciousness, has strong practical pertinence and guidance, and points out the correct direction and path for us to effectively deal with possible risks and challenges in ethnic field.

　　Come down in one continuous line and keep pace with the times to promote the innovative development of the party’s ethnic theory and ethnic policy. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader not only summarized our Party’s important thoughts on strengthening and improving ethnic work in 12 aspects, but also made a series of major innovative expositions. For example, the connotation and significance of Chinese national community consciousness should be firmly established, and the relationship between commonality and difference, the relationship between Chinese national community consciousness and national consciousness, the relationship between Chinese culture and national culture, and the relationship between material and spirit should be correctly grasped. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader’s important thought on strengthening and improving ethnic work adheres to the China orientation of Marxist ethnic theory, inherits the party’s ethnic theory and policies, grasps the historical position and important mission of ethnic work at this stage from the party’s century-long struggle, faces the new era, answers new questions, puts forward new ideas, and insists on developing in inheritance and innovating in development. In the new era, adhering to the correct path of solving ethnic problems with China characteristics, we must carry out the important thoughts of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on strengthening and improving ethnic work to the letter in all aspects of ethnic fields and in all aspects of ethnic work, build a strong sense of the Chinese nation’s community, and gather great strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, China Academy of Social Sciences)

　　People’s Daily (March 28th, 2022, 09 edition)