China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 229 Examine Jing Tian, ​​why don't you give her a role?
He Fang will only stay in Los Angeles until May 5st, and then he will fly back to Detroit. He has no more time to work on more details here.

In fact, as long as the general direction is determined, and the entire creator is willing to listen to his command, then the next thing will be easy to handle.

The main creators of Fox will do a good job in the preparation of the film. They have rich experience and a more complete process.

The night before He Fang went to Detroit, He Fang took Zhang Qian, who was also preparing to return to China, to have a good and in-depth chat.

This time he was talking about publicity. He made a list and pointed to Zhang Qian one by one.

"Old Zhang, you can only write down the contents of this piece of paper, and I will burn it later. Because some people thought that we were engaged in espionage activities if this thing was taken. However, this It’s really something we have to do for the long term.”

Zhang Qian was extremely shocked when he saw the content on the paper, because...

"The first thing is to establish identity. People in East Asia and Southeast Asia identify with the yellow race in their bones, and they are naturally friendly, but they worship the United States because they are intimidated by the hegemony of the United States. Therefore, we can A topic widely aroused in public opinion, that is, what would happen if the United States is not the world's hegemon? What if the United States is not the world's leader in 30 years' time? "

"Are you willing to accept our dominance? We also have a glorious history. They used to be friendly to neighboring countries, and they used to lead everyone to live a good life..."

"Understood? It's probably the routine, which is to assume that the United States is not the hegemon, or that the United States will not be the hegemony in a few decades, so that the people of East and Southeast Asia believe that we will do better than the United States, so start learning our culture from now on. "

"The second article is to deny Western culture, affirm our culture, affirm our way of doing things, and deny our country's unfriendly strategies towards us. For example, in more controversial international events, the United States can't do it, it's not good, if we do it will be better……"

"Third, although we are behind, we will soon be equal to the United States, so we are a country worthy of everyone's study, a powerful country, and they must learn from us. Everyone should have a sense of urgency, and we must hold on to us as soon as possible. thigh……"

"Article [-], when our films and culture go to their countries, they should welcome them and learn from them..."

"The first four items are not the focus of publicity, but they must be touted on major websites and forums from time to time. This is to make their people better accept our movies and music and have a basis for public opinion. Don't worry about these Let them not accept it, it doesn’t matter if they don’t accept it, this kind of words have been shouted for ten or eight years, and they will gradually believe them when they are called together by the navy.”

"From now on, we will create gods for our stars, and we will put our stars, film and television dramas, and music on the altar."

"Fifth, our stars are more atmospheric. Although Hollywood stars are wild and Japanese and Korean stars are exquisite, our stars are more atmospheric..."

"Article [-], our film and television dramas and music are more in-depth..."

……

Anyway, He Fang listed dozens of items back and forth. Generally speaking, he borrowed from the American way of engaging in public opinion warfare, but it was a more popular and useful strategy in the decades after He Fang joined.

On one principle, build a group of pro-China movie fans, a group of fans in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

On a regular basis, some people update our country's wise actions, so that they can see that our country is doing more right, such as making more friendly speeches and behaviors in the international arena.

We also regularly update our star works and dynamics, and constantly show the beautiful and handsome side of our stars.Make the wonderful passages in our film and television works into GIFs or short videos and spread them repeatedly.

Buy critics, writers, and big Vs from other countries to regularly speak out for our stars and film and television works. Every country has celebrities for money. They have no position, just buy them with money.

Use the navy to destroy the public opinion that says we are not good, but whoever says we are not good, and whoever finds that there is opposition on their website, launch the navy to confuse the words of the opponent...Besiege them, human flesh them, dig them out Their immoral past and then denounce them online, even in the form of cursing.

"Hiss, are we going to do this?" Zhang Qian's scalp tingled when he heard it.

"If you don't do this, do you think our movies can go abroad? Let's not talk about whether other people's policies allow us to enter, even if we are allowed to enter, if their people overwhelmingly oppose it, do you think our movies can sell? "

He Fang said while knocking on the cigarette ash, and then took a deep puff.

"Remember, our brainwashing... No, our propaganda targets are young students in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Young people are the best propaganda targets. As long as the words are properly used and concealed, the effect will be very good."

"Remember to keep in mind that this matter is related to whether our movies can really go abroad. It is very important. Don't underestimate it. When appropriate, we will send some pirated versions to them in some countries and build a pirated website Let some countries that our movies cannot enter can download for free, and cultivate the habit of watching our movies.”

Why did Zhang Qian always feel that what he was doing was not promoting a movie, but rather... Cough, what.

"Why? Not used to it? That's because you haven't seen how indiscriminate the methods used by major international companies when they engage in commercial wars. Don't think so bad of yourself and think so good of others. Those international capitals want to occupy our territory. In the market, some experts sent out experts to say that rapeseed oil is unsafe and lard is unhealthy, and then they said that their blended oil is the safest and healthiest."

"In order to seize the monosodium glutamate market, some people directly send experts to say that MSG is cancerous, and then sell their chicken essence. There are too many such commercial methods. Shopping malls are like battlefields. Do you think everyone is telling you about morality and etiquette? How to grab the market? Come down and play."

He Fang patted Zhang Qian on the shoulder.

"Phew, okay, okay. I think I understand, don't worry, not only East Asia and Southeast Asia, but even North America will be covered by me." Zhang Qian assured.

"Don't move around in North America, they are very strict, and be careful to catch you when the time comes. North America is another strategy... These are not something we can do, let's not touch them."

"Ah? Then who is moving?" Zhang Qian asked casually.

"Hey, don't worry, it's not us anyway. They have a deadly enemy, Russia, and maybe the island country has added fuel, and there are many people who want to mess with them."

"Hey, why are you talking about that. Speaking of which, the reason why I let you do this is very simple, because our Maoyan film and television technology will do our things in the open, but it is not enough to have a bright place, there must be a dark place of……"

"..."

The two talked all night, and He Fang waited for Zhang Qian to fully understand his intentions before letting him sleep.

Early the next morning, the two went straight to the airport, and then went their separate ways at the airport. He Fang went to Detroit, and Zhang Qian returned to us.

After returning to the set, he had only bragged with everyone for a while before he received a call.

"Hello."

"Hi, is it director He Fang? I'm Anne Heatherway."

"Huh? Oh, hello, big beauty, why did you call me?" He Fang was very surprised.

"Because I got a call from Lauren Shuler Donner today, and I heard that you appointed me to be in the latest X-Men movie?"

"Uh... yes, Annie, can you participate? Is there a schedule conflict? Let me tell you, our film will definitely not be worse than your upcoming "Batman: The Dark Knight". Because... "

He Fang thought that Annie wanted to call and decline, so he explained.

After all, Anne Hesse is now a little red and purple, and a reporter with good deeds has done the calculations for investors, and every dollar invested in Anne will get a return of 64 dollars.

So you can imagine how hot she is now, right?

In fact, He Fang wanted to use Annie because he wanted to have both handsome men and beautiful women in this movie. How can a super-English movie do without handsome men and beautiful women?
Who is the most beautiful woman in Hollywood?Apart from Anne, it seems that she has no rivals now.

As for Jennifer Lawrence, whom Fox originally booked, it may be in line with the aesthetics of Westerners, but Anne is definitely a few grades higher for Easterners.

"Oh, no, He, I'm here to thank you."

"Oh, thank you? Hey, beauty, you scared me to death. I thought you were here to decline. You are an important part of my movie. I thought there was something wrong." He Fang said directly on the phone Li complained.

This way of hugging each other can please Annie and is good for cooperation.Moreover, there is no need to worry that some domestic actors will be arrogant because the director pays attention to it. Hollywood actors rarely play big names on the set.

"Haha... Did it scare you? How about I buy you a drink? By the way, I would like to ask you how I should do this role." Annie is still very serious about acting. She is currently acting in "Les Miserables". I heard that she In order to play this role well, I lost 16 kilograms and had two molars pulled out to look thinner. I even cut my hair short, looking desperate.

So, some Hollywood stars, you really have to admire their professionalism.

"I'm not in Los Angeles right now, I'm on the set in Detroit. There's no rush, it's not a literary film, there's no need to make early preparations, and the filming will start in April next year. Aren't you filming "Les Miserables"? Finish the film first , maybe it will bring you an award."

He Fang encouraged.

"Oh, okay, thank you. That's fine. When you have time to talk to me about the character, you can call me." Annie didn't say much.

"Don't worry, as long as you take over the show, the rest will be relatively easy. I believe in your acting skills, and I will communicate with you at the right time."

"Okay, director, then you are busy first."

……

He hung up Annie's phone and thought it was all right, but in the middle of the night he was woken up by another phone call.

"Hey, who is it? In the middle of the night..." He Fang said in a daze.

"Third in the middle of the night? It's broad daylight now." The woman on the other end of the phone muttered.

"Huh? Oh, big sister, I'm in Detroit, USA, and it's midnight now. Who are you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, should I hang up first?"

"No, everyone has been woken up. Tell me what's going on." He Fang rubbed his eyelids and yawned.

"Director, I'm Jing Tian, ​​didn't you say to give me one year? Now that one year has passed, when are you going to test me?" Jing Tian's question came from the phone.

"Huh? Has it passed? So soon?" He Fang asked in surprise.

"It's been a long time ago. February 2th has been a year. I thought you wanted to break your promise, but you forgot?" Jing Tian said aggrievedly on the other end of the phone.

"Ah? This, this, I'm sorry, I really forgot. Then why didn't you call in February?" He Fang asked.

"It's Chinese New Year, and your "Pacific Rim" isn't in theaters right now. I thought you wanted to wait for the movie to finish before contacting me. But you..."

Thinking of this, Jing Tian felt even more aggrieved.

"Then why don't you fight after the Chinese New Year?" He Fang asked again.

"I, I, I, I'm mad at you..."

"Oh...then why did you call today?"

"I'm done getting mad."

"Hey..." He Fang patted his forehead, very speechless, then he got up, turned on the light, took out a cigarette from the bedside table and lit it.

"Well, that, how about it, I'm filming in the United States now, when I finish filming... at the end of June, um... I will be promoting in July... Hey, um, how about we get connected someday, and I'll check you out ?”

He Fang promised to give others a chance, so he can't break his promise, otherwise he can only wait until the end of July.

In fact, late July is not impossible, but thinking that the role of "Mermaid" might not be able to wait until then, He Fang still thought that if Jing Tian could really do it, let her play the mermaid Shanshan in "Mermaid".

Anyway, for this role, I need to find a little girl who is not familiar with the world to play the pure and ethereal. Isn't Jing Tian the kind who has never experienced social torture.

"Ah? Director, where are you in America? How about I fly over tomorrow?"

"Huh? So willful?"

"Willful? No, isn't it just flying, fly a little?"

"Oh, well, then you can fly over at your convenience. I just haven't turned it on for a few days."

"Okay, then I'll buy a plane ticket right away, by the way, where are you in the United States?"

"Didn't I just say that? In Detroit, send me a message after you buy your ticket, and I'll send someone to pick you up later."

"Okay, goodbye, director."

"Di Di..."

He Fang took a look at the hurried way of hanging up the phone and shook his head, it seemed that nothing had changed.

Alas, the head is big.

After smoking a cigarette in the middle of the night, he couldn't fall asleep, but this is Detroit, and he didn't dare to go out in the middle of the night.

Simply, he took his mobile phone and browsed the domestic Internet. He hadn't been on Weibo for a long time, so he went to check it out.

Suddenly he saw a lot of movie information about "The Avengers", and then he went to check it. It turned out that "The Avengers" will be released in the mainland on May 5th.

This movie can be said to be the most successful super-English movie under Marvel, and the first one won a box office of over 15 billion US dollars.

Of course, the box office of this series has never been lower since then. "Reunion 4" even won a global box office of 27.99 billion US dollars at one point, reaching its peak and becoming the second highest-grossing movie in film history, second only to "Avatar" .

Marvel, Paramount, and Disney are making crazy money. He Fang shook his head when he thought of this. What does this have to do with him?
It is more important to think about how to deal with tomorrow's events...

The next day is a day of reading the script and reconfirming the details. To put it bluntly, a movie like "Violent Street" is just playing tricks and playing blood, so you need to use some snacks when playing with the camera.

They have been testing the one-shot of some sports shots, which is very cool to play. He Fang has seen a one-shot shot in "Rescue 2", which is quite cool.

So in "The Violent Street", He Fang wanted to play a long shot of Wu Jing being killed with Lino to the lair of the black boss Tremaine.

This will be the most climactic shot in the whole film, and also the most climactic plot.He Fang estimates that it will last more than 10 minutes, which includes parkour, motorcycles, gun battles, hand-to-hand combat and stick battles.

It's just one shot, all the way to the end, and then all the way to the old lair of the black boss.

"Wow, this is interesting." Zhang Yimou praised when he saw the production crew debugging the scene.

"Interesting, isn't it? It's embarrassing to say that I'm making a Cult movie if I don't play Cult movies. I declined all the film festivals that focused on films.”

He Fang said with a little pride.

"Why don't you go?" Zhang Mo asked.

"I am the idol of many young people now, how can I promote those restricted-rated movies? Me too..."

"Director He, that Jing Tian has taken over..."

"Huh? Oh... where is it?"

(End of this chapter)