Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 277
There is no need to worry too much about Zhang Yuanjun's literary work, the crew has great confidence in him.

But in action scenes, Zhang Yuanjun is not a professional action actor after all. Some actions require time to train and also depend on the cooperation of the opponent actors.

But on the action set, injuries are the main theme every day.

Zhang Yuanjun is not a newcomer who knows nothing, so he is mentally prepared for this.

But being accidentally injured by a dagger and causing a gash on his arm was really painful. Being thrown to the ground over and over again made Zhang Yuanjun want to vomit his breakfast.

His opponent Wu Jing laughed at him: "You know the difference between making martial arts movies and action movies."

In fact, Wu Jing is not much better. He is professional, but being professional does not mean that he will not get hurt.

He currently has a bandage on his left arm, which was an injury he sustained during a fight scene a few days ago.

Zhang Yuanjun was sitting next to him, with a piece of gauze on his head that he had kneaded on yesterday.

The two of them sit together and chat, which is so funny no matter how you look at it.

Wu Jing went on to share his experience: "When making action movies, it's not about who can fight, but who can take the best beating."

Zhang Yuanjun understands this very well.

Wu Jing continued: "If you want to be punched, you will be shot in any action movie."

Zhang Yuanjun nodded in agreement.

Zhang Yuanjun was beaten and beaten in Hong Kong Island, and he was in pain; Liu Yifei was filming a pure love movie in her hometown in Jiangcheng, and she was relaxed.

One month passed quickly, and on April 4th, the Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee announced to the world the final shortlists for each section of this year's film festival.

In the much-anticipated main competition unit, Chinese-speaking filmmakers performed brilliantly:

Five Chinese-language directors, Du Qifeng, Cai Mingliang, Li An, Lou Ye and Li Yang, have been shortlisted with their works, the most in history.

But unfortunately, only Lou Ye and Li Yang represented the mainland.

Li An's shortlisted "Making Woodstock" is an American film, while Cai Ming-liang's "Face" tells the story of Bay Islanders in France and was produced in France.

To Qifeng is of course the representative of pure Hong Kong films.

Lou Ye came to Cannes with "Spring Breeze Night".

Li Yang's "Transcendence" is a co-production between the mainland and Hong Kong Island. However, in the official information of the film festival, the film's production area is listed as China, not Hong Kong Island, China as usual with Du Qifeng.

Li Yang explained: "Although the story of "Detachment" takes place on Hong Kong Island, the protagonist, as the second generation of immigrants from the Mainland to Hong Kong Island, still maintains a relationship with the Mainland that is constantly being cut and confused. "Detachment" also has this in the story. In addition to taking into account other factors, we chose to participate in this film festival as a mainland film."

As soon as the shortlist was announced, the crew of "Lonely Agent" began to speed up. When the film festival opens on May 5, Zhang Yuanjun will definitely fly to France, so Lin Lingdong must finish "Lonely Agent" before then.

However, media harassment limited the crew's progress.

This is the second time that Zhang Yuanjun has been shortlisted for the Cannes main competition. The Hong Kong media, which has always been unconcerned about the matter, has already published the title: "France in World War II - Zhang Yuanjun is in control of the best actor!" 》

No matter how arrogant Zhang Yuanjun is, he would not dare to brag like this!
The best actor is in control, and Cannes is not run by his family.

The exaggerated headlines in the Hong Kong media attracted reporters to flock to the set to visit.

In this regard, Zhang Yuanjun just said modestly: "Just being shortlisted does not mean anything."

“What are you looking forward to this year?”

"What else can I expect? I just need to go there." 24-year-old Zhang Yuanjun didn't dare to ask for more.

But Zhang Yuanjun knows in his heart that being shortlisted for the Cannes main competition twice is already something to be proud of.

It's just that Zhang Yuanjun's team hopes that he will develop in the direction of commercial films and does not market in this area. If they find a team that can create films, Zhang Yuanjun is now the "artistic film male god".

In other words, does "the male (female) god of literary and artistic films" mean that he cannot receive commercial films and cannot sell tickets?
The studio's marketing for this Cannes nomination focused on the film "Transcendence", which was intended to build momentum for the film in advance and did not over-market Zhang Yuanjun.

But marketing has never been his family's business.

After the Cannes shortlist was announced, many drafts of Zhang Yuanjun's bid to win the Best Actor title appeared on the Internet.

"Quasi Cannes Best Actor", "The third Cannes Best Actor in the Chinese film industry is about to be born", "Nominated for Cannes Best Actor" and so on.No, the Cannes Film Festival does not set shortlists for individual awards. Films shortlisted for the main competition are all eligible to participate in the Best Actor selection.

In other words, the actors in the 20 shortlisted films are all "quasi-actors".

Zhang Yuanjun didn't pay much attention at first, thinking it was spontaneous flattery from the media.

It took a week before I realized something was wrong.

This is someone trying to kill Zhang Yuanjun!
Zhang Yuanjun is only 24 years old. It is estimated that no one in the world believes that he can win the Best Actor at Cannes at such a young age.

After all, today is different from the past, and Huppert is not as wild and uninhibited as Quentin, who dares to award the best actor award to a 14-year-old child.

The draft of the would-be best actor is being sent out. As long as Zhang Yuanjun doesn't win the award, he will definitely suffer backlash from public opinion.

Zhang Yuanjun's commercial value is sufficient. Now he has been shortlisted for Cannes twice and has become a celebrity. The only disadvantage is his qualifications. He is too young.

The circle is so big, it’s actually very easy to find who published the article.

But what Zhang Yuanjun's team couldn't figure out was why the other party would do this.

"We are completely different from him. Why would he post such a manuscript?"

The person behind the killing draft was Rong Xingda. What was he trying to do?

Just like Cai Yinong's plan, Cai Yinong asked Brother Hu to compare with Zhang Yuanjun, hoping to use Zhang Yuanjun to promote Brother Hu to the top.

Li Xiaowan also praised Zhang Yuanjun. She bet 100% that Zhang Yuanjun would not win the Best Actor Award at Cannes. When Zhang Yuanjun suffered a backlash from public opinion, his son would be able to take the lead.

Because his son Lin Shen and Zhang Yuanjun were shortlisted for the selection of the four major students. Zhang Yuanjun is currently the one with the highest number of votes. No matter how blind the media and the audience are, they cannot deny Zhang Yuanjun's past achievements.

She said hello to the website and secured a spot for Lin Shen.

When the time comes, Lin Shen will be ranked among the top four major students along with Zhang Yuanjun, in order to improve Lin Shen's status.

Cai Yinong had the same idea. Brother Hu also participated in the selection of the four major and junior college students. Basically, a quota was predetermined, and he also wanted to use Zhang Yuanjun to take the position.

Cai Yinong even wanted to join forces with Rong Xinda to speculate on Zhang Yuanjun's Cannes Best Actor news.

Zhang Yuanjun's previous results were too good. Only by letting him fall can his own people take the lead.

Otherwise, when talking about actors born in the 80s, the first thing that audiences think of will always be Zhang Yuanjun, not our own artists.

After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Zhang Yuanjun admired Li Xiaowan's handiwork. This was a conspiracy that was difficult to understand.

Rong Xinda is more senior than Tang Ren. Li Xiaowan did not discredit Zhang Yuanjun, nor did she let Lin Shen get involved. Instead, she praised Zhang Yuanjun on the Internet and gave him a bribe saying that he could win the Best Actor at Cannes.

What should you do if I say nice things about you all day long?
Therefore, Zhang Yuanjun's team contacted Penguin privately and requested to withdraw from the selection of the four major and minor students.

Xiao Zhao also told Liu Yifei about this selection in private, among which there were four Xiaohuadan: "Your Red Star House is really a decoration. They are obviously going to use you to carry the sedan chair for the other three people."

So Liu Yifei followed suit and together with Zhang Yuanjun's team, called Penguin and asked to withdraw from the selection of the Four Little Actresses.

But Penguin is unwilling. Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei are clearly representatives of actors and actresses born in the 80s. If neither of them participates, then what is the meaning of this selection.

The editor-in-chief of Penguin Entertainment Channel personally communicated with the two and hoped that they would stay in the selection.

But Zhang Yuanjun's team went straight to the center of the problem: "Now it is clear that someone wants to step on our Yuanjun to carry his sedan chair. What are our achievements and what are their achievements?"

"This was voted for by the media and millions of netizens, and there's nothing I can do about it." In order to maintain the selection traffic, Penguin doesn't care whether it's upvoted or not.

Zhang Yuanjun’s team gave Penguin Entertainment an ultimatum: “Then we have no choice but to withdraw publicly.”

The editor-in-chief of Penguin Entertainment was so anxious that he waved his hands repeatedly: "No, please give us some time, and we will find a suitable way to solve this matter."

Both Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei scored higher than those who were selected on the same stage. Behind this selection are all relationships and calculations.

　I finished another chapter tonight, don’t ask why, just read the book review section and you’ll know.

　　
　
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