The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 433 Try it (two in one)

Beijing, outside Fuxingmen.

Ning Hao was sitting on the curb, his hair was messy, his face was shiny, he looked tired and haggard.

He stared blankly ahead, empty and confused. He supported his chin with one hand and held a cigarette in the other. He took a deep breath and held it for a long time before spitting it out.

After a long time, he threw away the cigarette butt.

Xu refused to give up and looked back at the ten bold characters "State Administration of Radio, Film and Television".

The wings of his nose twitched slightly, he stomped on the butt of the cigarette, cursed in a low voice, patted his butt and left.

Not far from the headquarters, there was a Sichuan restaurant. Ning Hao opened the door and entered.

Lu Yuan had been waiting in the box for a long time and had just finished talking to Luo Liping. When he saw his dejected face, he smiled and teased.

"What's going on? You obviously made the appointment with me, but you made me wait for so long."

Although in Ning Hao's movies, he himself is a signature and does not need big-name stars to drive box office. He can use newcomers unscrupulously.

"what?"

Speaking in human terms, there are too many elements, but the overall quality of the script is average, even a bit bloody.

Lu Yuan listened to his complaints quietly, and at the same time motioned to the waiter to serve the food.

Ning Hao touched the big gold chain around his neck and muttered to himself, "Why should I ask you out alone as a guest?"

The reason why it failed to be reviewed has been explained many times before, and it bothered him even more. This person was obviously unwilling to give up, but he was unwilling to give up.

It also seems to reflect the general situation and vent the inner anger. It is obvious that Ning Hao's haste, wavering and indecision in creation can be seen.

Without exception, they were all told that they were not allowed to be released, either because they did not promote positive energy, or because the film was too bloody.

Lu Yuan glanced at him sideways, wondering what kind of chatting he was doing in broad daylight, and waved his hand: "Forget it, that girl is used to being lazy, and her acting skills may not be able to support this role. Let her give birth to my baby at home. ”

"new project?"

Moreover, he is just a director. After becoming famous, he actually has no control over many things. There is always a pair of invisible hands behind him pushing him forward, preventing him from creating according to his own wishes.

The script is called "The Golden Heist", which is quite bluffing.

"呲~"

He pulled out the chair, sat down, took a few big sips from the tea cup, and sighed: "It's been two years. Do you know how I've spent these two years?"

After the box office of "Crazy Racing" exceeded 100 million yuan, he became the youngest director in China's 100 million yuan club.

As a result, the film was deleted.

It has been two years since the release of "Crazy Race".

In the past two years, none of his works have met the audience.

"script."

Miss Liu has been struggling in the industry, ah, no, cross it out, she has been fooling around for 7 years. She is pitiful. She finally got some popularity with the audience, but it is not worth taking this risk.

"Ah."

Ning Hao scratched his scalp, took out a document from his back, and handed it over: "Take a look."

He was extremely dissatisfied, but he kept making modifications as required. Every time he made the modifications, he was in agony.

The market is unpredictable, and he is worried that if he doesn't produce works, the audience will forget about him and there will be no place to cry.

Lu Yuan's film viewing volume has skyrocketed in recent years, and he can vaguely see the plot structure of "Inglourious Basterds".

Lu Yuan recalled the image of Xiao Dongbei in the script, shook his head and said: "This role seems not suitable for me. The most important thing is that my schedule next year is very tight. Of course, if it is just a guest appearance, there will be no problem."

He flipped through it, expecting it to be Ning Hao's usual black humor style, but after careful comparison, he found that it was quite different from what he expected.

In the end, the film was cut to pieces and was still told that it did not meet the requirements.

"How about your little girlfriend playing the role of Gu Qianqian?" He offered the bait.

Ning Hao didn't answer, just looked out the window. A little far away, there was a lightning rod-like thing on the head of the General Administration, which was particularly dazzling.

After the completion of "No Man's Land", Ning Hao has been hanging out in front of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television from time to time in the past two years, but every time he came there in joy and returned disappointed.

I originally wanted to play something advanced, explore some philosophical and human topics, and return to the original intention of making movies.

Lu Yuan took a look and saw a large, greasy handprint on the cover, which was quite eye-catching.

Seeing Lu Yuan put down the script, he said directly: "Are you interested in the role of Xiao Dongbei?"

For the sake of profit, you have to shoot even if you don’t want to.

However, "Golden Heist" is his first work to enter commercial films, and it is naturally safer to have Lu Yuan join the cast.

For practical reasons, Ning Haoya will not write female characters. When filming "No Man's Land", he personally admitted that if the transformation failed at the box office, the audience would often vent their anger on the actors. Such examples are common.

Lu Yuan listened to him ramble for a while, but he was focused on dealing with the boiled fish. After he finished speaking, he said: "You came here today to complain to me specifically, right?"

"Love Is Not Blind" has proven its box office appeal.

It's a very commercial story, which abandons the multi-line narrative technique that he is best at. It should be a transitional work, with an anti-Japanese background, the death of a lover, and sacrifice for justice, as well as the standard routines and conventional actions of the traditional film model.

While Lu Yuan was reading the script, Ning Hao stretched out his chopsticks to take a few bites, thinking that he would go to the door of the General Administration to scold later after he was full.

"Having a baby?" Ning Hao choked. This reason was invincible. He didn't know how to refute it for a while. Seeing his firm attitude, he felt even more depressed.

Lu Yuan said slowly: "Let me recommend someone to you. His acting skills are absolutely passable and his image is quite suitable."

"Who?"

"Guo Jingfei, who previously played Lu Ran in "33 Days of Love"."

Ning Hao tapped his fingers on the table, pondered for a moment, and asked curiously: "What is his relationship with you?"

"He is currently contracted in my studio." Lu Yuan didn't sell it, and there was no need to hide this kind of thing.

Guo Jingfei's acting skills are indeed good. The reason why he signed the other party is because of this, including Zhu Yilong. Of course, the latter is still very young and needs more polishing.

"You really are." Ning Hao twitched the corner of his mouth, quite helpless.

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "When you leave Galloping Pony, we will work together again."

"Leave, where did you hear this?" Ning Hao raised his eyebrows.

Lu Yuan closed the script in front of him and said, "Don't tell me you want to film this script willingly."

During the filming of "No Man's Land", he knew very well that Ning Hao had a certain pursuit of movies.

Ning Hao was silent. "Golden Heist" was indeed not his ideal work. It was just a substitute created to make up for the regret that "No Man's Land" could not be released and to create profits for investors. This feeling of being coerced by interests gradually deviated from his original intention of entering the industry.

In addition, Galloping Horse plans to sign a gambling agreement in order to go public. It is obvious that there will be more and more constraints in the future, and he does have the idea of ​​​​leaving.

But he didn't expect that Lu Yuan could read it through just one script.

He leaned back in his chair and sighed deeply: "No wonder you can walk so fast among your peers."

Lu Yuan was noncommittal and said: "When "Time and Space" starts, come over and be the producer."

"Okay." Ning Hao readily agreed.

"Hey, do you have any recommendations for the female lead?"

"Don't mention the female lead. It gives me a headache now."

"What's the matter."

"Last year, I took on a TV series called "The Eternal Number."

Both are war films, "No." and "Snow Leopard" are significantly different in their character creation.

Although "Snow Leopard" is marketed as a group portrait, it is actually more of a one-man show by Zhou Weiguo, with the protagonist's halo being particularly prominent.

In comparison, "Eternal Number" presents a richer group portrait color.

Li Daben is undoubtedly the core character in the play, but characters such as Chen Feng and Sun Chenghai also have their own distinctive personalities and rich scenes.

The female lead, Sai Diaochan, has relatively few scenes. Similar to Gu Yejia in "Before Dawn", it is very difficult to stand out.

But this is not a simple vase role, but a heroic woman who can stand up without hesitation and choose to die with the enemy cavalry for the sake of her family and country.

It is indeed rare to see in today's film and television works, and her existence even adds more tragic color to the whole story.

Since there are few scenes but distinct characters, the requirements for actors are naturally higher.

Before this, Lu Yuan had two relatively suitable candidates in mind, namely Song Jia and Qin Hailu, but the schedule was not suitable.

"Buzzing."

Luo Liping took out the phone, put it on the table and watched it vibrate.

After about half a minute, the vibration finally stopped. Immediately afterwards, Xu Jizhou also took out his mobile phone and placed it on the table.

"Buzzing."

Lu Yuan, who was sitting opposite, saw all this and quickly turned off his mobile phone.

Luo Liping: "."

Xu Jizhou: "."

Lu Yuan actually didn't want to meet the two of them. During this period, whenever someone called him, he politely explained it at first. But as the number of calls increased, he became annoyed and simply chose not to answer the call. A buffer.

He is not a fool. As an actor, his duty is to act honestly and get paid, not to deal with those difficult problems.

It was really thankless for him to rush to the forefront.

The three of them stared at each other and compared their strength.

In the end, Xu Jizhou was the first to break the silence. He sighed and said, "We can't delay it any longer. It's New Year's Eve in two days. This drama is a gift film and it has to be released this year. Time is running out, comrades."

Lu Yuan looked at the menu intently, thinking that his girlfriend might like fried river shrimp.

"It's really hard for me." Xu Jizhou continued with more enthusiasm as he spoke.

"A few days ago, Lao Luo and I went to Linyi Ma Muchi Film and Television Base in Shandong to prepare for the next shooting location of "No." Guess what, after drinking in the evening, we went back, and at about 1 o'clock, we were in the corridor of the hotel room There, I met a gorgeously dressed young girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old. I walked over and asked her, what’s wrong at this late hour?”

"What do you think she answered?" Xu Jizhou looked at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan shook his head, but he had already guessed in his heart that it was nothing more than dramas trying to pursue overnight fame through unspoken rules.

"The girl was very direct. She took off her down jacket and said directly, Director, my room is so cold. I want to sleep in your room."

Xu Jizhou didn't know what he thought of, and said angrily: "I refused without hesitation and asked her to leave, but the matter is not over yet."

After speaking, he looked at Luo Liping.

Luo Liping took over the conversation and said: "Then the girl touched the door of my room. I opened the door and took a look. I had an impression. After thinking about it carefully, good guy, she is the child of a friend of mine. I quickly sent her away and hid back in the house. I called that friend and hoped that he would advise his daughter not to act recklessly. "

"Who would have thought that friend would actually say on the phone, don't be polite. We all know the rules. Whatever you do, you do."

Lu Yuan was completely speechless. This circle was indeed chaotic, but if he hadn't heard it from Luo Liping, it would be hard for him to imagine that such words would come from a father.

Luo Liping said: "So, we really can't drag it on like this any longer. Now I feel like someone is watching me when I go out. You stayed at home and didn't show up much during this period, so you dodged a bullet."

Lu Yuanyuan and the others frowned and said: "In the final analysis, it is just a matter of one role. Since no one wants to offend anyone, let Mr. Chen make the decision on this matter."

"Eternal Number" is invested by Hualu Baina, with a production cost of 4000 million.

Hualu is a state-owned unit, its legal representative is Chen Runshen, and it has an official background. It is much easier for him to deal with these matters of interest.

Luo Liping shook his head: "I've asked about it a long time ago. He said that this gift film only looks at the result, not the process. He only chooses the right one and is good at the scene. He doesn't care about the rest and lets us decide what to do."

Silence fell again.

Lu Yuan suggested: "Since Mr. Chen doesn't want to take care of it, let's just open the audition. The capable ones will be promoted and the mediocre ones will be demoted. No one's connections are of any use."

Xu Jizhou was a little curious: "Disclosure, what is the disclosure method?"

Lu Yuan pondered for a few seconds, tapped his fingers on the table, and said: "Of course, instead of auditioning for hype like Zhang Jizhong, we found a video website to cooperate and broadcast the interview process live on the entire network."

With the influx of capital, especially this year, small screen actors' salaries have skyrocketed.

This has also attracted the attention of a large number of laypeople, who see the benefits and use various means to insert their relatives and friends into the circle.

Acting? This is not a big deal.

Look at the popular young actors, many of them don't have much acting skills either.

As shown in "Meteor Shower", as long as you can stare, read lines, and look good, you can have a book and find the corresponding audience group, and you can become famous overnight.

Earning more than 100,000 yuan per episode is not a dream.

Lu Yuan doesn't know where the entertainment industry will eventually go under the impact of capital.

Make a sample in advance and tell those who come after you, especially those who have no real ability and are trying to enter the entertainment industry through unfair means, what are the real standards for selecting actors.

It may not be of much use, but why not give it a try.

(End of this chapter)