Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 406 Help without benefit

It’s funny to say that as the world’s oldest international film festival, the Venice Film Festival has not had its own trading market until now.

Every year I watch Cannes and I feel exhausted, but I still don’t make any changes.

This year marks the last year for Mark Muller, an old friend of Chinese film, to serve as chairman of the Venice Film Festival.

Reform of the festival will be left to his successor.

It is precisely because of the special nature of the Venice Film Festival that the producer of "Sister Peach" concluded several copyright transactions outside the official government, but the crew did not receive any other material benefits, and Xu Anhua did not gain the favor and support of international investors. She does the next movie.

The Hong Kong government's hundreds of thousands of award-winning subsidies are not enough to fill the gap between the teeth.

This can also reflect the decline of Hong Kong films from another aspect. Not only have they lost their say in production, they have also lost their dominant position in promoting public opinion.

The year before last, Zhang Yuanjun won the Best Actor at Cannes, and promotional materials were spread all over the world. It was viral marketing and forced the words "Zhang Yuanjun" and "Cannes Best Actor" into the minds of the audience.

However, this is an era where idols are young people, and "Sister Tao" really has nothing to promote.

Young people are also not interested in Yip Dexian and Xu Anhua.

Although "Sister Tao" won the Best Actress Award, when Anhua Hui returned to the crew of "Her", the crew still prepared cakes and flowers for her. "Sister Tao" is after all her first award-winning work since competing in international film festivals. .

Most of the scenes of "Her" have been filmed, and the rest are some scattered location scenes.

But it’s these location scenes that are torturous, with constant problems and constant NGs.

Today was another day of useless shooting. During the whole day, not one of them was usable.

The outdoor scenes couldn't be lit, so the crew stopped working after dark.

Zhang Yuanjun returned to the hotel, guessing that it was still early morning in the United States, and Liu Yifei probably hadn't gotten up yet, so she didn't contact her girlfriend.

But just as Zhang Yuanjun was about to take a shower, he received a call from Wu Jing.

Wu Jing was a little embarrassed on the phone, Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said: "If you are still embarrassed, just tell me what you want to do with me."

"I made a script and I knew you could write something, so I wanted to ask you to read it."

"There is an additional fee for letting me read the script." There was nothing more to say on the phone, so Zhang Yuanjun said, "Okay, I'm just kidding. I'll finish work early today and let you take a look. You can send it to my email."

"Okay, thank you."

"No need to thank you. Just treat me to a drink when you return to the capital."

"Enough with the wine, when will you come back?"

"The earliest is after the National Day."

"Then you won't be able to drink my wine for the time being." Wu Jing also smiled.

"Are you so stingy?"

"No, I'm still filming with the crew. It won't be completed until December."

"What drama?"

"Part [-] of "I Am a Special Forces Soldier"."

Wu Jing has gone to film a TV series!

Before Zhang Yuanjun could speak, Wu Jing laughed at herself: "No one is looking for me. Action movies are getting harder and harder to make, and no one is looking for me for literary dramas."

"What will we do in the future?" Zhang Yuanjun has also made action movies and knows that what Wu Jing said is true. It is difficult to make action movies now.Not to mention that he is in the Hong Kong industry, and the Hong Kong industry will not reuse him as an outsider. He can only play some supporting roles that get beaten. There are fewer action movies in the mainland, and even if there are any, they will not fall into his hands.

So now I can only shoot military action movies or TV series.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Wu Jing was also full of confusion about the future.

Zhang Yuanjun calculated the time and realized that Master Wu probably didn't know Xie Nan at this time, so he teased him: "Why don't you fall in love and get married, just in case something goes wrong."

"What kind of truth is this?" Wu Jing smiled, "Didn't I write a script to see if I can make some noise? I have something to do here. The script has been sent to your email. Remember to read it." Wu Jing found a He wanted to hang up the phone with an excuse, but Zhang Yuanjun jumped in and said: "Seriously, you are almost 40 and you are not married yet? I have a good relationship with several glamorous bosses. There are several beautiful girls in their company. When I return to the capital, I How about meeting with Mr. Wang from Fiber Optic to introduce you two."

"How old are you? You should follow the example of people who keep a match and pull your hair. Read the script for me. My mother doesn't even worry about me. Okay, hang up."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yuanjun muttered silently: "I am determined to be the matchmaker."

Turning on the computer, Zhang Yuanjun saw a PDF file called "Special Forces: Wolf Warriors" lying quietly in the mailbox.

Zhang Yuanjun downloaded and printed the file and read it in bed at night.

This should be Wu Jing's first draft of the script. It is very rough. From a shooting point of view, this script cannot be filmed yet, but from a creative point of view, although this script is rough, it has done a good job in mobilizing emotions. The main writer should have Rich creative experience.

There were many problems with the script. Zhang Yuanjun took the pen and made comments and modifications on the script while reading it based on his own impressions and professional abilities.

"I really have to charge extra money." Zhang Yuanjun said to himself.

Until the end of the month, the crew finished their work in Qingdao and moved to Sichuan Province. Zhang Yuanjun's main job at the end of the day was to read the script to Wu Jing.

"I've read more than half of the script." The crew of "Her" was packing their things. He went to the airport in the car and called Wu Jing, "Don't rush to film this scene."

"There's no rush, there's just a script now, nothing else. I have to finish my work before I start preparing for this movie. I'll be thankful if I can film it in the next two years." Wu Jing wants to prove herself, but she's not in a hurry. In the past two years, "What? There's a big problem with the script? It's only the first draft. If you have any problems, just tell me and I'll go back and revise it."

"That's my personal opinion, you decide whether it's reasonable or not."

"It's okay, tell me, it's still too late to make any changes now." Wu Jing listened humbly.

"First of all, you are the protagonist..." Zhang Yuanjun began to communicate with Wu Jing about his opinions on revising the script. They talked all the way until Wu Jing heard the director's voice calling him to play.

"I'm going on a show here. I've recorded what you just said. I'll give you a call after the show is over."

Regardless of whether Zhang Yuanjun agreed or not, Wu Jing hung up the phone.

Xiao Zhao had some opinions on how Zhang Yuanjun helped Wu Jing: "You can't get any benefits, and you still spend so much effort."

Zhang Yuanjun said: "Friends help each other. It's too snobbish to only think about the benefits."

"It's just a help in other aspects. We rely on this to make a living. You're giving the guy who makes his own living a free job for him."

"Don't care about it." Zhang Yuanjun smiled and waved his hand.

In fact, what Xiao Zhao said makes sense. For example, Zhang Yuanjun's career is in film and television, and his hobby is calligraphy. If someone appreciates Zhang Yuanjun's calligraphy, he is happy to give it away for free, but if someone asks Zhang Yuanjun to act in a drama for him for free, it is shameless.

"You are the boss anyway. If you are willing to help people read scripts for free, we can't say anything."

"It's not free. Wu Jing promised to treat me to dinner when he returned to the capital and opened his bottle of 30-year-old Maotai for me." Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile.

In the evening, Zhang Yuanjun arrived at Jinguan City and communicated with Wu Jing about the script at the hotel until early morning.

The next day, the crew of "Her" resumed work.

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