I'm not just a director

Chapter 61 Lionsgate's betrayal

At the beginning of September 1999, the major colleges and universities in the capital started school.

At this time of year, there will be many journalists and media squatting at the gates of major art schools.

Such as China Opera, Nortel, and Zhongchuan, which has not yet been renamed, is now called the Broadcasting Institute.

At the entrance of Nortel's freshmen, many young and beautiful students, accompanied by their parents, entered the school one after another.

Jiang Pei'an was not interested in guarding future big stars.

What's more, no matter whether it is Nortel or China Opera at level 99, it seems that the group of people at level 96 has taken away their luck.

This year, both the stars and actors who came out are lackluster, and there is nothing particularly outstanding...

"Right now, there are only a few main actors left to be decided. What do you all think?"

At New Picture Company, Zhang Yimou sat at the main seat, looked at the several assistant directors in front of him and said.

Jiang Pei'an was the youngest, so he found a quiet place in the corner to sit there quietly and listen.

Several people were smokers, the whole room was filled with smoke, and no one spoke.

Gloomy!

Zhang Yimou said that the number of main actors has not been decided, but in fact there is only one, the heroine!
But is the heroine decided?
A few assistant directors didn't say too much, and each of them sent at least dozens of actresses' materials and videos to Lao Mouzi.

As a result, Lao Mouzi frowned after reading it, and only shook his head:

Not very good, look for it again.

Even Zeng Li, Yuan Quan, and Li Xinyu recommended by Jiang Pei'an were all rejected.

Several assistant directors cried out, but there was no other way, the job that the director told them was well done!

Seeing that no one spoke, Lao Mouzi said directly:

"Right now the major colleges and universities in Beijing are starting school, everyone has to work hard and go for a while to see if there are any suitable ones from the freshmen.

If it doesn't work, you can always find a suitable one by running all over the country. "

Through the glass window, Jiang Pei'an looked outside at the listless leaves scorched by the sun.

In September, the whole country is in a state of high temperature. If you go out to find actors now, you will not die of heat.

"Happy Time" cast cast, there is no happiness, only hard work!
Later, the assistant director Xie Dong described the process of casting, saying that several people were casting the heroine in Shenyang City, Northeast China, and more than 120 people flocked to the examination room that day.

Due to the tiredness of the day, when the exam reached 1:[-] noon, the two assistant directors Xie Dong and Zhou Wei were already unwell.

One had a sudden heartbeat, and the other was so hot that he was sweating.

After a doctor's examination, the heartbeat was 144 beats per minute. The two quickly drank two bottles of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and rested for a long time before recovering.

At that time, the heroines were selected in the eight major cities, and they set off from the capital.

After that, I only had two short days to rest in each city, meeting hundreds of girls, auditioning, auditioning...

It hurts Jiang Pei'an to think about this kind of experience.

too painful!

Thinking of this, Jiang Pei'an wrote down the word "Dong Jie" in his notebook...

Then Lao Mouzi talked about some work arrangements, and said that he would be very busy during this time.

"My Father and Mother" is scheduled for October NO.16, which is next month.

He's bringing a bunch of actors to promote the film.

……

After the meeting, Jiang Pei'an went to the post office and made an overseas call to Brown in Canada.

Lao Mouzi's movie is about to be released, so is "Ghost Story" soon!

It's ten o'clock in the morning, and it should be night in Canada.

"Hey?"

Old Brown hasn't slept yet, the old man probably suffered from insomnia.

Jiang Pei'an smiled and said:
"Mr. Brown, good evening, you are really a hardworking bee, and you are still busy collecting honey at this late hour."

Jiang Pei'an made a joke as if he had wiped honey on his small mouth.

"Oh, God, Jiang, my old friend, even if you don't call me, I will find a way to contact you."

Old Brown recognized Jiang Pei'an's voice and said quickly.

Sensing a hint of panic in his tone, Jiang Pei'an's heart sank, and he asked:

"Did something happen?"

"Jiang, I'm sorry to tell you that you probably won't be able to make "Saw" anymore."

Old Brown said bitterly.

"Someone wants to steal my script?"

Jiang Pei'an thought for a while, and asked sharply.

"Jiang, don't say it so harshly, Lionsgate is an excellent film company and would not do such a thing.

We are willing to pay for your script, but we don't need you to direct it..."

Jiang Pei'an narrowed his eyes and said:

"Western countries that claim to be civilized and progressive are nothing but capital cloaked in hypocrisy.

What about the spirit of contract that you are proud of? "

"Jiang, let me remind you that the spirit of contract is what Americans believe in."

"Don't you always wear a pair of pants?"

Jiang Pei'an sneered.

Old Brown was silent for a while, and said:
"Jiang, we are just emissaries to spread movies, we shouldn't talk about politics."

Jiang Pei'an took a deep breath and said:

"Okay, I will go to Canada tomorrow, I hope Lions Gate will not let me down."

"Oh, that would be great, welcome to Lions Gate as a guest."

"Yes, Mr. Brown, then... good night and sweet dreams."

Jiang Pei'an said expressionlessly.

Old Brown hung up the phone, he rubbed his sore head:
"The difficult Huaxia boy... and that greedy wolf cub, I hope we don't make too much noise."

……

The next day, Jiang Pei'an boarded a flight to Vancouver.

On the plane, Jiang Pei'an closed his eyes and rested his mind. He had been busy all day after he got home yesterday.

The main reason is that the big ass computer at home is really frustrating.

Regarding the betrayal of Lionsgate Films, Jiang Pei'an was actually well prepared.

It's not that he predicts things like a god, it's just that he should be more or less careful when dealing with these big companies, especially such transnational cooperation projects.

Jiang Pei'an's initial assumption was that they would attack "Ghost Story", after all, such things have happened before.

In later generations, both "The Blair Witch" and "Ghost Story" have suffered various setbacks in terms of distribution.

But obviously he overestimated the courage of Lionsgate.

Starting with a work that has not yet been released, I have to say that this is a bit like Lionsgate's style of doing things.

After all, in the later development, they had the opportunity to kill Paramount and rank among the top six.

As a result... the six majors are hopeless, and can only continue to develop in the second line.

It was late at night when we arrived in Vancouver.

Jiang Pei'an found a hotel to stay at random, and after asking Old Brown for the exact location of Lionsgate Films, he washed up and went to sleep.

"Tomorrow, a fierce battle..."

The next morning, the weather was cooler.

Vancouver has a mild climate throughout the year, belonging to a temperate maritime climate.The temperature in summer is generally around 20 degrees.

There are a lot of Chinese here, like the well-known early Chinese associations who could not survive in China, they dragged their families to Vancouver ahead of schedule.

Jiang Pei'an didn't have the idea of ​​getting in touch with the society, after all, the road of being gangsters won't work...

After leaving the hotel, Jiang Pei'an took a taxi directly to the entrance of Lionsgate Films.

……

　Thanks to Speed, Giraffe and Bailongma brothers for their monthly pass support, the role of "thigh" is online, everyone supports a wave, which brother gave me a beautiful photo.

　　Seeking further reading, seeking investment

　　
　
(End of this chapter)