I'm not just a director

It’s been a long time since I last saw Jiang Wen.

Both of them are particularly talented in movies, especially in directing.

Of course, Jiang Pei'an is the kind of person who steps on the shoulders of his predecessors, while Jiang Wen is extremely talented.

As time goes by, the movies in my mind will eventually run out. What should I do then?
Jiang Peian often thinks about this problem, and finally he comes to the conclusion:

Either retire early or continue to work hard in movies.

Retirement is actually not out of the question. Once you have earned enough money, you will also have status.

When the time comes to enjoy retirement life, wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel around the world?

As long as a person lives, he, Jiang Pei'an, will be reborn. Of course, he must make his life not too hard.

Of course, sometimes he also wonders, is he really willing to retire early?

Compared to the blue sky and white clouds on the beach, he seems to prefer staying in the studio and shooting outdoors...

If you don’t want to be eliminated by the times, you have to specialize in learning, receive systematic education and learn from the outstanding people around you.

In his previous life, he relied on his own efforts to make movies that were box office hits step by step.

It shows that he is also talented. With such a high starting point in this life and access to so many resources, it is impossible for him to be inferior to himself who made a fortune from the grassroots.

"Hey, brother, what are you thinking about?"

Jiang Wen's deep voice came over.

Jiang Peian reacted and said with a smile:
"Nothing, I'm just thinking about who should play the role of Huang Silang. Director Jiang, do you have any recommendations?"

After hearing Jiang Peian's words, Jiang Wen frowned and thought.

Huang Silang is a rich man in Echeng, South China, and a local bully who commits all kinds of evil.

He inherited the family business from his ancestors and made a fortune by selling Chinese labor and cigarettes, squeezing the local people and treating human life as nothing in his eyes.

Huang Silang is rich and powerful, and even the county magistrate has to look at his face.

The people were even more angry and dared not speak out about what he did.

He is a bully and a forward-thinking person with a Western education.

This can be seen from his dress, suit and leather shoes, and occasionally he puts on a facial mask leisurely and elegantly.

The background of the story is the Beiyang period, a landmark in southern China.

It was an era of war, and a turbulent environment was most likely to breed dark forces. The two forces of gangsters and bullies coexisted to contend with each other.

Huang Silang encircled the land as the king, sat on a block of towers, and acted recklessly in the city.

He has hundreds of people under his command, which is a majestic thing.

The most exciting aspect of "Let the Bullets Fly" is the exciting battle of wits and courage between Huang Silang and the gangster Zhang Mazi.

Although Zhang Mazi's arrival aroused Huang Silang's competitive nature.

He has been lonely for too long, and his heart is very eager to have an equal opponent.

But if a person sits in a high position for too long, he will easily become complacent.

Huang Silang is undoubtedly a brave and resourceful man.

But his arrogance led to his eventual defeat at the hands of Zhang Mazi.

The oppressed people in the past, led by Zhang Mazi, rushed into his mansion with guns raised high, and Huang Silang was captured without a fight.

The dynasty he had run for most of his life collapsed overnight.

Finally, he detonated the mine on the tower and disappeared from public view.

Therefore, Huang Silang is a very complex character.

It is true that Huang Silang is the dominant tyrant in the Southern Kingdom, but it is not he who dominates Goose City.

In fact, everyone who has watched the movie knows that "Huang Silang's whole person is one leg."

His whole body was put on trousers and became the lower half of a man named Liu Dutong.

This is why Huang Silang has stayed in Echeng, where there is no oil and water to exploit, instead of going to the rich Kangcheng.

Even though he said that he had bought the county magistrates of six counties, this was just a trick to deceive Zhang Mazi and Master Tang.

After a little analysis, you will find that if Huang Silang can really go to other places to be the county magistrate, why has he not left?

Why did he wait until Zhang Mazi launched a counterattack before revealing that he had bought the county magistrates of six counties?

Because this was simply an excuse made by Huang Silang, who wanted to get rid of Zhang Mazi.

And Huang Silang did fulfill his mission in Goose City:
On behalf of Liu Dutong, he won over the wealthy gentry and plundered the people.

Huang Shilang is so dedicated to his job that as a villain, he doesn't seem to have much personal greed and selfish desires.

He was like a machine controlled by Liu Dutong, cold and ruthless.

In the movie, we don’t see Huang Silang living and drinking, and he doesn’t even visit prostitutes.

No wonder Sister Hua teased him and said that a county magistrate who does not go to prostitutes is not a good county magistrate, so Mr. Huang cannot be a county magistrate.

It can be seen from this that Huang Silang is a pure person, a person who has escaped from vulgar taste.

Huang Shilang is so pure that he resembles a symbol rather than a real flesh-and-blood person.

The love and hatred of Zhang Mazi can be clearly seen in the movie.

Zhang Mazi loved Sister Hua and respected his brothers. After the murder of his six sons, Zhang Mazi decided to fight Huang Silang to the death.

On the other hand, Huang Silang, the audience knows nothing about his personal life and inner world.

All this is because Huang Shilang only has one leg.

The owner of this leg is Liu Dutong.

Liu Dutong is an extremely mysterious character in the film.

The three words Liu Dutong seemed to reveal some information, but they also seemed to reveal nothing.

This half-truth, half-false, half-hidden, half-revealed state is like a person facing a majestic and huge castle after the rain.

On the one hand, the castle is not completely blurry, but the outline and corners can be vaguely seen.

On the other hand, the castle is so blurry that one cannot see the specific details of the architecture inside.

Lao Mouzi also has an image character like "Master" in his movie "Raise the Red Lantern".

Like Liu Dutong, he looms over the entire movie...

Therefore, the character Huang Silang is very difficult and challenging.

If it is an ordinary actor, he may not be able to perform it.

Jiang Wen pondered for a long time. He looked at Jiang Peian and said:
"Would you use unknown actors?"

Jiang Peian smiled and said:

"I have watched Director Jiang's previous movies, and I don't have many big-name stars. Relatively speaking, I prefer to cultivate stars."

Hearing this, Jiang Wen smiled and said:
"That's right. There is a difference between actors and celebrities. The one I recommend can only be said to be slightly famous, but his acting skills are definitely good."

"who is it?"

Jiang Wen took a long puff of cigarette and highlighted three words:
"Ni Dahong."

Hearing this, Jiang Peian thought of this person.

In later generations, this man became popular all over the country with his "hand-ground coffee" and was known as "The Master Su Daqiang".

He also played a role in the hit "Hurry".

only……

Jiang Peian thought for a while and said:

"Are you a little old?"

"It's just that he's a little bigger in appearance. He's only forty-five this year." He is five years younger than Zhou Runfa.

As for acting skills, let alone that.

If anyone could suppress Uncle Ge Youge, Ni Dahong would have to sit there and drink a bowl of porridge.

But even though he played the role of Long Er in Lao Mouzi's movie "Alive", his acting skills are enough to compete with Ge You.

It's a pity that the opportunity didn't come that year. Ge You won the Best Actor at Cannes in 1994, but he was still looking for supporting roles.

And this acting boss is really good at it.

Ni Dahong later played a very classic role, that is the villain Min Deng in Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 1".

At the beginning of the movie, the police came to arrest Minden, but unexpectedly a group of foreign mercenaries appeared on the way.

There was a gun battle between the two sides, but Min Teng did not dodge in the hail of bullets, but just stood there smoking.

The most classic scene is when the building next to Min Teng was blown to the ground, and he didn't even blink an eyelid.

Then he took a machine gun and started scanning...

Later, director Wu Jing said that while filming this scene, a steel plate happened to hit Ni Dahong's leg and hit him hard.

But he still endured the pain and finished filming the scene before going to the hospital, and his injuries were not serious.

In 2007, he played the role of Yan Song in "The Ming Dynasty 1566".

He appeared as a villain, perfectly restoring Yan Song's nearly eighty-year-old body and shrewd mind.

Upwardly, he catered to Emperor Jiajing's cultivation of immortality, while at the lower end, he balanced the cabinet and the officials of the court.

With a flexible wrist and a dense network of party members, he can deal with the entire court with the power of one person.

And his performance was "besieged" by actors such as Chen Baoguo, Wang Qingxiang, Wang Jinyi, and Huang Zhizhong.

He can still hold up the whole scene with his momentum, allowing everyone to be dominated and controlled by him in that slow and unhurried atmosphere, which makes the character shine with its unique brilliance.

In the 2010 new version of the TV series "Three Kingdoms", Ni Dahong played Sima Yi.

The show had been controversial before it aired, but once it was aired, the ratings remained high.

And Ni Dahong became a highlight of the second half of the play.

He grasped Sima Yi's tactics and strategies very well.

Especially the smile that is full of meaning, it brings out the aura and makes people get goosebumps all over their bodies.

Ni Dahong is definitely a rare and excellent actor, and he is perfect for playing the role of Huang Silang.

After hearing Jiang Wen's suggestion, Ni Dahong's version of "Huang Silang" seemed to have taken shape in Jiang Peian's mind.

"Okay, Director Jiang, do you have the contact information of Teacher Ni Dahong?"

"Haha, you can find this yourself, I will just introduce you."

Jiang Wen smiled.

Jiang Peian nodded. It was not difficult to find Ni Dahong's contact information. After all, he was a well-known figure in the circle.

If there is a circle of friends like in later generations, as long as you post a circle of friends, someone will immediately chat with you privately.

At this time, Jiang Peian felt comfortable. The three main protagonists of "Let the Bullets Fly" have been settled, and the remaining Ni Dahong probably won't be difficult either.

Today, Ni Dahong is still in the supporting role circle, and he will definitely be happy to film.

What's more, the script of "Let the Bullets Fly" is pretty good. Even if he picks the script, he probably won't find any flaws.

……

"Sword and Sword 1" has now been released for more than half of the time, and the story line has basically been unfolded.

As the story line deepens, "Sword and Sword 1" presents a mysterious and exquisite world to the audience.

Many people are hooked.

"To be honest, I really love this drama, especially the pairing of Hu Ge and Liu Tianxian."

"I think Anu and Tang Yu Xiaobao are also good."

"I like the leader of the Moon Worshipers, not for anything else but because he believes in science!"

So far, the average viewership rating of "Sword and Sword 1" is 9%, with a maximum of 12%.

According to the original time and space, this year's ratings champion should be CCTV's "Lotus Lantern".

It became the ratings champion of the year with an average ratings of 5.4% and a highest ratings of 9.1%.

And the frightening ratings of "Sword and Sword 1" will probably dominate from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

If you think about it carefully, there are really many dramas this year.

"Bright Sword", "Little Fish and Flowers", "No. 1 in the World", "Lotus Lantern" and "Family with Children" were all released this year.

Jiang Pei'an did not expect that "Sword and Sword 1" could achieve such good results at the beginning of this year.

Of course, it may also be because other dramas are either locked in summer vacation or winter vacation, or at other times.

Anyway, in the same period, "Fairy Sword One" is already invincible.

The popularity of Hu Ge and Liu Tianxian has reached a terrifying height.

Whether they are in commercial performances or endorsements, their prices have reached another level.

It almost replicated the state of Pan Yueming and Chen Hao when "Star You" was playing.

No, he should be taller than these two.

The success of "Sword and Sword 1" in the first round has naturally increased the confidence of TV stations that will broadcast it in the second and third rounds.

As for those who were not selected, they were just jealous.

However, they have not been idle, and have begun to ask Jiang Peian in advance when the next TV series of Starfire will be filmed, and whether they need sponsorship investment or buying the copyright in advance.

No matter what Jiang Peian shoots or what the subject matter is, as long as it is produced by Xinghuo, they are willing to pay for it.

In later generations, there was a word specifically used to describe this behavior:
Blind booking.

This is the influence and appeal of Spark drama.

If anyone thinks that the success of "Star You" is just a fluke.

So the success of "Sword and Sword 1" is undoubtedly a slap in the face of those who hold this view.

"Yes, yes, everything you said is right.

"The success of "Star You" was a fluke, and the success of "Sword and Sword 1" was also a fluke.

Director Jiang's many films that have grossed over 100 million are all just a fluke.

Is it really that difficult to admit that others are good? "

Jiang Pei'an's fans' fighting power increased greatly, and they immediately beat the trolls to pieces.

Of course, there are also some who are stubbornly resisting.

"What's the use of over 100 million box office? Commercial movies have no nutrition at all. The country should ban commercial movies from being released."

Seeing that there was nothing to criticize in the TV series, the fans pointed their fingers at Jiang Pei'an's commercial movies.

Just when the two sides were quarreling, Spark Entertainment suddenly released news:

Director Jiang Pei'an's latest film is in preparation, titled "Let the Bullets Fly"...

All of a sudden, the whole network was boiling.

If we say that the movie "Let the Bullets Fly" was just fluttering news.

So this time the official confirmation of Spark's fate undoubtedly brought a bombshell.

After all, recent public opinion about Jiang Pei'an has been that he can only make commercial films.

At this juncture when he officially announces his new movie, isn’t he waiting to be sprayed by black fans? (End of chapter)