The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 134 Picking up People 2.0 (Two in One)

Ah this...

The manager actually described it casually, but Shen Zhenyi's reaction obviously contained a lot of stories.

She really wanted to continue eating melons, but looked around and restrained her eagerness to eat melons.

After all, it was at the banquet. As the insiders with close ties to Dunhuang, it was okay for them to sneak in for a while, but they definitely couldn't be "invisible" people eating melons all the time.

It's okay to talk about male investors, directors, etc., at most, they just say hello and get acquainted with each other, no one will come up to chat with Shen Zhenyi without knowing each other——

Who doesn't know that she is Wang Wei's confinement?Didn't they squeeze into the celebration banquet just to please Wang Wei?It's only when the brain is out of order that lust can be intoxicated at this time.

Another group, though, is apparently not affected by this.

The two didn't talk for long, a middle-aged woman with a small black suit and delicate makeup came towards them with a small bun behind her head.

The visitor didn't look like attending a banquet at all, but looked like a stylish and capable professional woman preparing for an interview.

"My name is He Wenying. I'm a director. Can I chat with you two?"

Shen Zhenyi didn't know her, but she had heard about the female director's deeds.

Therefore, upon hearing the self-introduction of the visitor, Shen Zhenyi immediately took her seat according to the number——

At the age of 26, the female director amazed the world with her debut film "Farewell", setting a box office record for a domestic female director.

Many people thought that was the starting point of her brilliant career, but they didn't expect that in the following five years, none of her works came out.

The reason is well known in the circle. It is said that when she was raising funds for a new film, a well-known producer in the circle got drunk and wanted to "have a spring breeze".

And He Wenying's reaction was to slap the pig's head in the face and pour a bottle of wine on his head to make him sober... Then things got serious, the producer threatened to block her in the circle .

She was strong enough, so Shen Zhenyi's affection for her doubled, and she nodded with a smile.

Feeling the kindness released by the other party, the spring-like smile on He Wenying's face became more sincere.

"I take the liberty to come here because I want to ask Ms. Shen to help introduce Dunhuang to me."

He Wenying, on the other hand, explained her reason for coming very straightforwardly.

Shen Zhenyi and the clear manager looked at each other, not surprised, and asked tentatively: "Does Director He want to ask Wang Wei for a good script, or does he already have a script and just want to attract investment from Dunhuang?"

Regarding Shen Zhenyi's question, He Wenying paused for a moment, her thoughts flashed through tens of millions of thoughts, and she finally decided to tell the truth——

"To tell you the truth, I actually don't have too many ideas. This trip is just looking for an opportunity. Even if it's an assistant director, I can accept it."

Shen Zhenyi was surprised: "Why is this?"

She knew that the other party was suppressed by a well-known producer in the industry, but no one could cover the sky in the China entertainment industry. With He Wenying's talent, why did she lower her profile so low?

He Wenying was silent for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Because I not only offended someone, but also a female director."

Rao Shen Zhenyi was always transparent, so she couldn't help being taken aback by this answer.

Instead, her manager, Yu Li, explained to her in a low voice: "Let's put it this way, in the director industry, women are really a disadvantaged group."

"The growth path of most directors is that they are low-level chores-the Nth assistant director-the first assistant director. After reaching this position, they will have a certain opportunity to direct some low-cost movies, and then they will have the opportunity to receive big productions."

"However, there are many links in this process that are not friendly to women, such as heavy and delicate shooting equipment, which is a test for the physical strength and energy of women who want to hold a camera... There are all kinds of objective problems. The director set a lot of barriers."

The agent knew that Shen Zhenyi had cooperated with Dunhuang since her debut. Although it was a small-budget film, it followed the formal commercial production process of professional division of labor, and did not know much about the independent film circle where most directors started.

So she gave an example: "When making an independent film, the director has to shoulder a lot of things. Maybe he needs to fight with others when raising investment. Maybe someone in the crew fights and fights himself... The problem is that most of the people in the crew are Men, and there are all kinds of people."

"When the weather is hot, maybe the entire production crew is shirtless and burly, and chatting at leisure is full of nasty jokes... Do you think how difficult it is for a female director to make it out of it?"

"So, the number of women directors in the film industry is less than 10%. Even if you look at the global data, the proportion of female directors is not high. If there are fewer people, don't you lack the right to speak?"

He Wenying shook her head and said, "That's not what I want to say."

"It's hard to be a female director, but it's not easy to be a male director either. In fact, being a director doesn't lower professional standards just because you're female."

"However, there are not many talented women who can experience growth and tempering, but there are so few female directors, and the difference is so big, there must be a problem."

"The problem is women's self-perception and society's perception of gender in general."

She glanced at the two thoughtfully, and continued: "The former caused many women not to think that they could be directors—in the director department of my university, the ratio of men to women was about the same, but when they graduated, many women did not think they could be directors. Students will give up."

"I believe in people's will, which can determine what you can do; when you think you can't do it, it's really hard to do things."

"As for the latter..." He Wenying remembered her own experience, and her voice became low.

"The film industry is always going upstream, the higher the income, the harder it is for women to get fair treatment. Male-dominated production companies are always worried about whether they have the right to control the overall situation when investing millions of dollars on female creators. ability?"

The pig-headed producer who never gave up on suppressing her, if he said that he could affect the whole circle, it would be a big joke.

However, because of this matter, her "impulsion" and her "irrationality" are considered "easy to screw up a movie"; Will not bet on her - this wasted five years.

Her experience is just a microcosm of the lack of fair treatment of female directors in the circle.

Therefore, it is false to say that "women must be less suitable than men to be directors". Female directors get less resources, which is the truth.

But what is there to say?

Even if you see the truth of the world clearly, you can still choose to love it!
He Wenying didn't have much resentment, her tone quickly returned to calm——

"Now I just want to try my best to win opportunities for myself and prove that I can do it. As for why I chose Dunhuang..."

In front of the two of them, she opened the skylight to speak frankly——

In this world, in doing anything, there will be elements that lead to success and elements that lead to failure.

How to achieve success under the burden of countless elements that may lead to failure is actually a kind of ability.

——The so-called miracle is created in this way.

The China entertainment industry is a place where miracles often appear.

Like "Charlotte Annoyance"!
Its box office has exploded like this, it is no longer a movie, it has become an event, an event that proves Dunhuang's "good fortune".

Who makes the film industry have many factors that cannot be clearly seen or explained, and many times can only be described as luck?

——In the cultural and entertainment industry, even if you gather the elements of other people's success, you may not be able to replicate the success.

The best way, of course, is to hug your thighs.

On the other hand, He Wenying glanced at Shen Zhenyi, and said solemnly: "I have learned that since Director Wang Wei's debut, he has faced countless temptations within reach in the industry, but he has always been weak and only takes one scoop."

"With such emotional concentration, I believe he will not be obsessed with the various rules and unspoken rules in the circle like most men."

"It works from top to bottom, I think, if you can get more equal opportunities, probably only Dunhuang."

After He Wenying finished speaking, she looked at Shen Zhenyi expectantly.

Having said that, Shen Zhenyi and the two also understood why she didn't directly recommend herself to Wang Wei.

Cough, just look at the men around Wang Wei, she probably won't be able to squeeze in.

Shen Zhenyi's eyes turned round and round on her body, her mouth was pursed, as if she was thinking about something.

"Like Director He, uh, I mean, are there many female directors who have proven themselves but haven't gotten more opportunities?"

He Wenying's heart skipped a beat, and she nodded hastily: "There are quite a lot. Many female directors, for various reasons, such as pregnancy, such as transformation, only filmed one work, and were not given the opportunity to direct."

"I am familiar with Liu Fang, Mu Yuru, Liang Guanyi..."

Shen Zhenyi looked at her manager, only to see her nodding slightly.

Among these female directors, many of them have seen Shen Zhenyi's debut work, and there are some outstanding ones. It is hard to imagine that even they are not treated fairly.

It made an idea in her mind clearer.

She has had a lot of contact with Wang Wei, and she has naturally learned Wang Wei's habits and angles of looking at problems, such as looking at problems from a developmental perspective.

Men have always been, and probably will be for a long time in the future, the mainstream of director jobs, and even most jobs in the Chinese entertainment industry.

But the future will also be a more equal era.

What's more, female directors are naturally sensitive to emotions, which is a blind spot that many male directors cannot reach.

——This world is cruel enough, if the expression of female directors can make this world more lovely, why not?
"I want to set up a production company, focusing on literary films and female-themed films. Is Director He willing to cooperate with me?"

This style of painting is wrong, He Wenying is a bit confused.

She was obviously looking for Shen Zhenyi for introduction, why did she suddenly want to join him?

It's not that they don't understand the other party's operation - in the Chinese entertainment industry, many stars with certain achievements and capital will set up their own bag companies or studios, and invest in some low-cost films.

On the one hand, this is to further gain benefits, and on the other hand, it is also for the sake of the future after the death.

But, He Wenying doesn't think Shen Zhenyi's company will be her first choice, especially when compared with Dunhuang.

Although there is only one work, He Wenying is not a pure newcomer director.She knows very well that the success or failure of a film depends not only on production standards, but also on distribution.

However, as a private company of a star, it has not established its own distribution channel, so how to distribute the film after it is shot is a problem.

Not to mention the ability to resist risks!
——This is also the biggest difference between the film companies owned by ordinary stars or directors and the real established film companies.

Regardless of their size, established film companies generally have their own film library and distribution system.

The former can continuously bring a continuous flow of funds to the company; while the latter, the risk of making money is much smaller than that of film production.

——In addition to their own son films, the Big Five also often act as an agent to distribute films from other companies, precisely for this reason.

In contrast, for a pure production company founded by Shen Zhenyi without distribution capabilities, a movie with a larger investment fails, which may lead to bankruptcy; even if it does not go bankrupt, the failed investment will also make its cash flow significantly reduced.

In the absence of other stable income, this means that the company's ability to invest is also reduced, and it cannot recover quickly.

In this way, the scale of investment in new movies will be reduced later, and the possibility of failure will be even greater...

Thinking of this, He Wenying was already thinking about how to reject Shen Zhenyi in a tactful and gentle manner——

There are very few opportunities for her to get, maybe even only once. If she fails, she can basically bid farewell to the director world.

But Shen Zhenyi seemed to see her doubts, and waved her hand and said: "This company will be a new label under Dunhuang, sharing resources with the original label of Dunhuang, including the production team, distribution channels, and Wang Wei's script. .”

When she said the last point, Shen Zhenyi blinked at He Wenying.

"Is that so..."

He Wenying immediately swallowed the words she wanted to refuse.

Isn't this not only hugging the thigh, but also because the company is dominated by women, it can avoid many disgusting things?

There is such a good thing?
But thinking about it, He Wenying realized that the influence of the young girl in Dunhuang was simply beyond her imagination.

She set up a new label understatement, and was sure to get Dunhuang's full support. She admired it—is this the relationship between childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts?
If Shen Zhenyi knew what she was thinking, she would probably laugh hard.

She just knew Wang Wei too well.

Shen Zhenyi knew that with the rapid development of Dunhuang and Weibo technology, someone's "talent hunger" became more and more serious.

No, he would rather endure the impatience of being surrounded by a group of sycophants, and hope to get a few "big fish" online at the celebration banquet.

As for why Shen Zhenyi knew he was impatient?
——She watched someone from a distance gently snapping the thumb of the left hand with the thumb of the right hand and the index finger, and she knew that the mood of the person was in a state of extreme impatience, and she probably didn't catch the ideal "big fish".

Under such circumstances, if Wang Wei knew that there were still a group of "fish that slipped through the net" like He Wenying in the circle, it would be no wonder he didn't jump up!

Shen Zhenyi couldn't help slandering her manager's previous words: It's hard to say whether someone has figured out me; but I really figured out someone from hair to heel, even he...

In the crowd, Wang Wei, who was listening to a greasy producer's greasy expression of admiration, felt that he had weighed more than ten pounds, suddenly felt a chill.

What's going on, it seems that someone is despising me!
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