The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 539 Difference
"Director Wen, I'd like to toast you."

"Teacher Zhang, please take care of me. I'll drink first as a sign of respect."

"Teacher Chen"

"My stomach has been feeling bad these days. Hey, Lao Wang, take it easy."

"It's okay, I did it, you can do whatever you want, hiss"

Wang Yanhui held up the wine glass and toasted everyone before returning to his seat with a red face.

He is of average appearance, with a square face, slightly plump, and a large proportion of whites of his eyes. He looks like a tough guy.

Directly opposite him, Liu Yijun saw him lowering his head and shaking it silently, and joked, "Teacher Wang, you must be drunk."

Wang Yanhui gently rubbed his temple with his fingertips and replied with a smile: "Teacher Liu, how is it possible? I may not have other abilities, but I have been in the industry for more than 20 years, so my alcohol tolerance is definitely no problem. This is just how much I have drunk. Come on, let's go."

As he spoke, he raised another glass for himself.

Liu Yijun was helpless. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this guy was almost drunk, so he had no choice but to clink glasses with him.

"You should drink less."

"fine."

After the spicy drink was completely swallowed, Liu Yijun raised his thumb and said, "I've seen your performance in "Li Mi's Conjecture", it's this, I didn't expect to be able to work together this time."

He had heard of Wang Yanhui a long time ago.

His role as drug dealer Qiu Huogui in "Li Mi's Conjecture" was praised by his peers including Zhou Xun and Deng Chao.

Due to his outstanding professional ability, he has received many opportunities since then, and countless directors have invited him, although most of them were supporting roles.

He may not be well-known among the audience, but his acting skills are absolutely impeccable.

"You're too kind." Wang Yanhui waved his hand, his expression very modest, "I was able to perform this time thanks to Xun Ge's recommendation."

Brother Xun refers to Zhou Xun.

He paused, as if remembering something, and then praised back: "Of course, I've also seen the movie "On Taihang Mountain" you collaborated with Liang Jiahui. Your acting skills are amazing. I admire you."

Liu Yijun laughed, thinking that this guy was quite interesting. He didn't seem to be very good at praising others, and his transition was too abrupt. He put down the cup and said, "Let's stop flattering each other here."

Liu Yijun was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province in 1970. At the age of 18, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy and was a classmate of Zhang Jiayi and Zhang Zijian.

What’s even more coincidental is that Liu Yijun and Zhang Jiayi are fellow villagers, both from Xi’an.

After graduating from university in 1991, Liu Yijun was assigned to the Xi'an Xiying Actors Troupe, while Zhang Jiayi was assigned to the Xi'an Film Studio.

Compared to Liu Yijun, Zhang Jiayi is obviously luckier. He has been constantly receiving resources since his debut. He became popular in recent years with the TV series "Home Sweet Home" and has no shortage of acting offers.

Liu Yijun was able to get the opportunity to play the role of Police Superintendent Li Zhongjiu in "New World" this time, not only because he is a student of Beijing Film Academy, but also thanks to Zhang Jiayi's recommendation.

The two of them probed each other, and Wang Yanhui suddenly said, "Actually, I also studied at Beijing Film Academy a few years ago."

"Oh?" Liu Yijun had just picked up a piece of beef, but when he heard this, his chopsticks stopped in mid-air.

"After graduating from university, I joined the YN Provincial Drama Troupe and stayed there for five years. At that time, there was an opportunity for internship and further study at the Film Academy, and the director mentioned my name."

At this point, Wang Yanhui's expression became a little ashamed, and he said: "When I was in the drama troupe, I always felt that I was very good and the best in the world. I thought that if I seized this opportunity, I might really soar to the sky. But when I came to Beijing Film Academy, I realized how naive my thoughts were.

There are so many talented people in this industry. As one of the best acting schools in the country, the students there are simply a dimensionality reduction attack on me. After drifting in Beijing for a few years, I returned to my hometown drama troupe in disgrace. "

When Liu Yijun heard him say this, he inexplicably thought of himself.

His situation is similar. He has been in the industry for more than 20 years and has achieved nothing, but it is largely due to his own reasons.

When he just graduated, he collaborated with Song Jia to shoot the movie "Falling Wind".

At that time, he was inexperienced and did not understand the ways of the world. He had an argument with Song Jia over performance skills and was kicked out of the crew.

At that time, Song Jia was at the peak of her career, while Liu Yijun was just a newly graduated student. People in the entertainment industry are used to changing their attitudes according to the situation, so his resources disappeared as expected.

Being unemployed after graduation is a perfect example in him.

Fortunately, he did not give up, thinking that no matter how great Song Jia was, she could only influence him for two or three years.

This is indeed the case. Song Jia later went abroad and the impact of the "Falling Wind" crew incident gradually disappeared. It's just that he didn't expect the market to be so unreasonable.

There was no shortage of young and handsome men in the 90s. The real young and handsome men were like Andy Lau, Li Ming, and Aaron Kwok, who had particularly outstanding looks.

These people are popular.

It is rather awkward for the young and handsome actors with ordinary looks, because their acting skills are not good enough and their looks are not one in a million.

Liu Yijun is such a person. He is in his early twenties, handsome, but not particularly handsome, so he has fallen into a situation where he has no roles to play.

It is impossible for him to quit the circle. Relying on the resources introduced by his classmates from time to time, he has been hanging around on the edge of the film and television industry, honing his acting skills and waiting for opportunities.

I’m over 40 and finally waited for “New World”!
Upon learning that Wang Yanhui had studied at the Beijing Film Academy, Liu Yijun's attitude became much more gentle.

After a few drinks and some idle chat, the two of them became visibly familiar with each other.

Wang Yanhui looked at his colleagues toasting in the hall and said, "Old Liu, have you noticed that the cast this time is relatively unknown?"

"I noticed it early on." Liu Yijun nodded.

"Time Raiders" became the number one in the domestic box office, causing a huge sensation in the industry.

Countless people are eyeing Lu Yuan's next play, and are trying their best to get in, even if it's just a small supporting role or a cameo.

Many actors online bought press releases and falsely claimed that they had received interview invitations from "New World". In this way, they were able to gain considerable exposure.

Everyone is guessing how luxurious the lineup of "New World" will be, and has listed quite a few names.

Liu Yijun was not aware of this before, and the crew had kept it secret from the outside world.

It was not until he joined the crew that he discovered a fact that would absolutely surprise his peers and the audience.

It can be said that except for the leading actors Lu Yuan and Liang Jiahui, other actors in this drama are not very famous.

Just because you are not famous doesn’t mean you don’t have good business skills.

Just like Wang Yanhui in front of us.

Although the other party had been playing the victim and saying that he had suffered a setback at Beijing Film Academy, he did not talk about what happened afterwards.

After five years in Beijing, he returned to the Yunnan Repertory Theatre and soon won the highest award in the drama industry, the Wenhua Performance Award, which is of great value.

There is no need to say much about the business capabilities.

Another example is Zhang Zhijian, who plays the leader in the play.

He played the role of Little Cabinet Minister in "The Ming Dynasty 1566", which left a deep impression on people. After that, he played supporting roles in various film and television dramas. His acting skills were good, but he was not very famous.

Liu Yijun said with emotion: "No matter how well-known he is, can he be better than Mr. Lu? With him, this drama is bound to have no shortage of audiences and topics. Instead of looking for popular idols, it is better to find actors who fit the role."

"That makes sense." Wang Yanhui praised repeatedly.

In recent years, whether it is movies or TV series, directors will use actors who are extremely popular but have poor professional abilities in order to please the fan base.

For example, the well-known director Xu Ke invited Li Yuchun when filming "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate".

During the filming of the movie, Lu Yuan slapped Li Yuchun, which was exposed by foreign staff. Public opinion gradually rose, accusing him of being a big shot. Later it was discovered that he did it to stir up the other person's emotions.

When the film was officially released, during an interview, the reporter brought up the old matter and asked Lu Yuan what he thought of Li Yuchun's performance.

Lu Yuan answered irrelevant questions every time and never mentioned Li Yuchun's professional ability. It seems that he is fed up with these unprofessional artists.

Wang Yanhui thought it was good, so he looked not far away. He saw Lu Yuan and Liang Jiahui standing in front of the window, with two women beside them.

One is Han Sanping’s daughter and one of the screenwriters of the play, and the other is Ke Lan, who plays the role of a Go teacher in the play.

Han Jia's daughter pointed at the night view outside the window, tilted her head and whispered to Ke Lan, "Sister Lan, the street across from us also appeared in "As Tears Go By"."

Her father had already told her about Colan's family background, awesome Plas.

"I remember that scene shot by director Wang Jiawei was very dreamy," Ke Lan agreed.

“Director Wong Kar-wai’s camera language is truly beautiful.”

“Yes, the short horizontal tracking shots, the broken shadows in the neon lights, etc., inexplicably have a tragic tone.”

Liang Jiahui and Lu Yuan were discussing roles, and upon hearing this, they could not help but complain: "Filming with Wang Jiawei is a waste of youth. For more than three years, I didn't even know what I was acting in."

Lu Yuan glanced at him. As far as he knew, this man had publicly "criticized" Wang Jiawei in the media many times.

Seeing that Han Jianv and Ke Lan were quite impressed with Wang Jiawei, Liang Jiahui couldn't help but speak out.

“When I was filming Ashes of Time, I spent three and a half years in Hong Kong, Dunhuang, and Ningxia. It was a waste of three and a half years.

Because I had no idea what role I was playing, on the first day on set I only knew that my name was Huang Yaoshi, but not the Huang Yaoshi in Jin Yong's novels, a character who always drank in the desert.

Moreover, although Huang Yaoshi is a romantic swordsman in name, he does not act like a swordsman..."

"Isn't the director going to talk about the play?" Han Jianu couldn't help but interrupt.

"Talk about drama, what drama? He doesn't even have a script, no one knows how the plot will develop."

"Filming with him is like fighting a guerrilla war. You never know how to respond next, and of course, he himself doesn't know either."

Liang Jiahui rolled his eyes and continued, “For more than three years, I have been entangled in one character and I can’t enjoy the process.

Normally, I act, and I can shoot 13 films a year, and I can enjoy the pleasure of interpreting the role, as long as I focus.

This drama is different. For three and a half years, I was like clockwork, but I didn’t enjoy it at all. I just felt that everyone was wasting time every day. It was quite torturous. We shot a scene hundreds of times, and when it was released, I found that the ones that were edited in were the first take. "

Han Jianv blinked her eyes. What was the difference between this and an unscrupulous party A? It was really frustrating to meet such a director.

Perhaps because he had drunk some wine, Liang Jiahui continued to complain: "I'm not the only one who said this. Zhang Guorong also said that he and I are not compatible..."

As they were talking, Zheng Qian and Liang Jiahui's assistants came running over, each holding a stack of A4 paper in their hands.

"Boss, I got it."

"Brother Hui."

Liang Jiahui stopped expressing his "dissatisfaction" with Wang Jiawei.

Lu Yuan went to take the biography from Zheng Qian's hand, subconsciously glanced at Liang Jiahui's assistant, and was stunned for a moment.

It’s just that the biography the other party provided was too thick, even thicker than the script.

A similar surprise appeared on Liang Jiahui's face. The biography written by Lu Yuan was not that thin.

He was curious and tentatively suggested: "How about trying a different one?"

"Okay." Lu Yuan smiled and didn't mind at all.

Kelan looked at the two's actions, a little surprised.

The more famous an actor is in the industry, the more he likes to write biographies. This is a basic skill for many excellent actors, but it is also a very elementary thing.

It’s just that it rarely gets out, and the actors don’t communicate much in private.

Because every actor has his own unique way of analyzing a character, which is like a martial arts secret book and a personal perception.

Liang Jiahui and Lu Yuan didn't care much. Just now at the dinner table, they talked about their understanding of their respective roles and directly told the assistant to bring the character biographies.

Ke Lan once read Mr. Bao Guoan's experience in playing Cao Cao.

The character's journey, character's nature, typical deeds, character's personality, and the changes in character over time are all full of useful information.

Liang Jiahui is a multi-faceted actor, so what will his biography be like?

Thinking of this, after obtaining consent, she followed Lu Yuan's perspective and read Liang Jiahui's analysis of the character Ding Qing.

After reading it, she had only one feeling: no wonder Liang Jiahui has acted in so many bad movies but never had a bad role.

This second biography gives Ding Qing a new soul and vitality.

Liang Jiahui has written a column with excellent writing style. It does not use fancy words, but is plain and fluent.

When Colan himself wrote biographies in the past, he liked to use big words, such as when describing walking in the rain.

[The raindrops hit my umbrella, drip, drip.]

The writing seems good, but in reality it's shit, because the dripping of rain has to be achieved by the photographer.

It's just meaningless nonsense for an actor to write in his or her biography.

The character biographies written by Liang Jiahui are very concise. The content is not about what the characters have done, but rather sets a background.

Ding Qing is a child from an ordinary family. He once had a younger brother. His father was involved in gangs in his early years and offended the wrong people. His whole family was drowned in the river. Only he escaped because of his love of play and has been alone ever since.

He lost his relatives, so Li Zicheng subtly played the role of a younger brother in his heart. They had been together for many years, and although they were not related by blood, the feelings between them were better than those of close relatives.

These paved the way for the subsequent destruction of the other party's files even though they knew he was a former policeman.

Liang Jiahui summarizes the core of the character as "protection".

Guard the hard-earned family affection and the desire for self-salvation.

On the other side, Liang Jiahui also finished reading Lu Yuan's biography, and couldn't help but feel a sense of mutual admiration in his heart.

He didn't write biographies before.

At that time, I shot 13 movies every year and ran to three crews every day. I didn’t have much time to think about the role I was going to play. I had to act according to the script on the spot.

It was not until 1997 that he wrote a -word biography of the role of Zhou Chaoxian in "Black Gold", which was longer than the script.

Therefore, the Zhou Chaoxian he interpreted shines brightly, is wise and domineering, calm and restrained, especially the sentence "who is in favor, who is against", which is chilling.

This habit has been maintained.

If his character biography sets up a reasonable background and provides a more reasonable explanation for the behavior, it makes the character flesh and blood.

Then Lu Yuan's biography provides a more detailed interpretation against the general background.

He does not limit himself to recording the events experienced by the characters, but digs deep into every detail of the characters' daily lives.

What should a person like Li Zicheng be like in his daily life? Ask yourself questions and answer them, find the entry point, and then extend it further.

What does this character eat, what does he wear, what is his tone of voice, and what kind of posture he will appear in meetings.

Li Zicheng's wife used to be a bar girl. Why did he marry this wife? How deep was the relationship between him and his wife? Facing his boss's repeated regrets and threats, what was his psychological journey like? When did the fundamental change happen?
Lu Yuan’s biography is really detailed, and every detail is analyzed extremely well.

As soon as he thought of this, Liang Jiahui suddenly felt the pressure coming, and the contempt in his heart that had arisen because of the difference in age and length of experience between the two parties disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, he also realized that if he didn't give his all this time, if he slacked off in the slightest, he might be beaten by Lu Yuan.

This new generation leader of the mainland is by no means a person who has gained his fame for nothing.

(End of this chapter)